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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 84

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 84
of the confusionnow under notice it may besaid at once that some ofthe pieces have decidedly thecharacter of purse mounts.For our own country the ex-ample most to the point isthat figured and describedon p. 33 of Mr. Hilliersbook on the Isle of Wight.Fig. 14 is a reproduction ofhis engraving. He… … Fig. 14.—Remains of Purse fromChessell Down. 410 MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS object was a * briquet— but in one grave the precise useof this iron clasp was unmistakably defined. It rested abouthalf way down the thigh bone ; and on carefully removing thechalk from about it, the bronze binding of the…

Art · Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Church architecture · Crosses · Decoration and ornament, Celtic · Inscriptions, Runic

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