Word: guelphs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yorkers who had $1 and the inclination were given opportunity last week to inspect 82 objects that made up the greatest collection of medieval art ever to come to the U. S.-one of the greatest in the world-the Welfenschatz or Guelph Treasure...
...Guelphs and Ghibellines are names familiar to historians, confusing to the laity. Guelph comes from hwelp or whelp, meaning a wolf's pup, and Ghibelline is an Italian attempt to pronounce the name of the counts of Waiblingen...
...Germany the Duke of Brunswick, son-in-law of onetime Kaiser Wilhelm II, announced that he had sold for $2,500,000 certain medieval gems and knick-knacks known as the "Guelph Treasure," to Goldschmidt Galleries, Inc., of Manhattan...