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Historical Archive: Eagle of Abbot Suger Roman porphyry vase, mount silver with gilding and niello 43.1 x 27 x 15.5 cm (17 x 10.6 x 6.1 inches) Île-de-France before 1147 inscription: Includi gem(m)is lapis iste meretur et auro / Marmor erat, sed in his marmore carior est "This stone deserves to be set in gems and gold/It was marble but in this [setting] is more precious than marble" Paris, Musée du Louvre MR 422 frontal back profile/oblique from back eagle head, profile inscription: [m]armor erat sed in inscription: [m]armore carior e[st] foot wing