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Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum (1878)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode ... and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 129

An illustration from Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum, 1878, leaf 129
105. i CXXll IntroduSlion. When the general plan or arrangement of twelfth century-metal work was not archltedural, the details of ornamentationwere bold, full of thought and invention, and fhowed a deepperception of the peculiar qualities of metal, its dudility andftrength. No metal work… … 18.Crucifix, No. 7234, p. 13 IntrodiiEiion. cxxiii long rolls and knots of dragons is accounted for throughmany complications. The union of beaten work with engravingand enamel is well {t^w in this crucifix, No. 7234. Chalices from the eleventh to the thirteenth century wentthrough little change.…

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