[caption id="attachment_1446" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Bishop Asicus"][/caption] Above: Picture of Bishop Asicus Kings and princes, indeed, were great patrons of art. Not only did they require jewels, brooches, pins, beautifully wrought swords and daggers for themselves and their friends, but, in Christian times, they presented chalices, bells, crucifixes, shrines and the like to monasteries and churches: the Irish, however, had attained to a great skill in the art of design and the working of metal and various processes of enamelling before the coming of Patrick. ... Read More