Nichols, George Ward, 1837-1885 · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 185
matic power. While the highest commendations should be given to the fine art ofpainting in Spain, her industries also occupy the highest position. The col-lection of objects in damaskeen was to Spain what the Castellani ceramicswere to Italy. During the Middle Ages the art of damaskeening… … Spnuisb Uaiuiitikcen. The most ancient of works in damaskeen date from the eleventh tothe thirteenth century. It was, however, in the thirteenth century thatthe art reached its greatest development. At Damascus and Aleppo, inEgypt, the manufacture of objects garnished with incrustations of goldand…
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