EL GRAN COPÓN GÓTICO DEL TESORO DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO

Antonio Joaquín  Santos-Márquez

doi:10.12795/LA.2008.i21.17

THE GREAT GERMAN GOTHIC CIBORIUM AT THE CATHEDRAL MUSEUM IN TOLEDO, SPAIN

Authors

Antonio Joaquín Santos-Márquez University of Seville. Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/LA.2008.i21.17

Keywords:

German silverware, gothic, Toledo cathedral, ciborium, sixteenth century

Abstract

This paper deals with the great ciborium kept at the cathedral of Toledo, which has so far has received little attention by scholars. Originally made in Nuremberg in 1530 as a cup for secular purposes, it was reformed and turned into a proper ciborium in the late 16th century.