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 212
^ Silver platesoon displaced that of tin; and before long personal display had attainedsuch a height, that the wife of a merchant wore on her person more jewelsthan were seen on the image of the Virsrin. The number of the goldsmiths … Figs. 132 to 136.—Rings. then became so great that in the city of Rouen alone there were in 1563 twohundred and mxiij-fice masters having the right of stamp ! To sum up this chapter. Until the middle of the fourteenth century itis the religious art which prevails; the goldsmiths are engaged only…
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