The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 214
elsewhere ; thus at the court of Flanders, GOLD AND SILVER WORK. Antoine of Bordeaux, Margerie of Avignon, and Jean of Rouen, distin-guished themselves. It is true that in the reign of Louis XII., whoseexchequer had been exhausted in the Italian expeditions, gold and silver hadbecome so scarce in… … Figs. 126 to 131.—Chains. recalled his ordinance in 1510 ; and thenceforth the corporations of gold-smiths were seen to increase and prosper, as luxuriousness, diffused by theexample of the great, descended to the lower ranks of society. Silver platesoon displaced that of tin ; and before long…
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