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 206
fraternity with respect to works forcharitable and devotional purposes, had a seal (Fig. 116) which placed itunder the patronage of St. Eloi; but, with regard to its industrial asso-ciation, it imprinted on manufactured articles a seing, or stamp, whichguaranteed the value of the metal. The… … Fig. iij.—Stamp of Chartres. Fig. 114.—Stamp of Melun. Fig. 116.—Ancient Corporate Seal of theGoldsmiths of Paris. Fig. 115.—Stamp of Orleans. it by that king, a position which nevertheless it did not succeed in pre-serving in the united constitution of the six mercantile bodies; for, althoughit…
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