The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 205
Dictionary of Jean de Garlande informs us tliat, in the eleventh century,there were in Paris four classes of workmen in the goldsmiths trade—thosewho coined money {nummidani), the clasp-makers {firmncularii), the manu-facturers of drinking-goblets (ciphani), and the goldsmiths, properly socalled… … Fig. III.—Interior of the Atelier of Etlenne Delaulne, a celebrated goldsmith of Paris, in the SixteenthCenturj. Designed and engraved by himself. rivalry commenced between these two trade guilds, which only ceased on thecomplete downfall of the money-changers. When Etienne Boileau, Provost of…
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