A brief history of the Detroit Museum of Art and its collections : illustrated (1902)
Detroit Museum of Art · Detroit : [The Museum] · leaf 84
rough the bronzeand iron age and to the study of the various forms of spears, battle axes, swords and guns,beginning with the cross bow gun, fusee andflint lock, of which we have specimens in thecases on the balcony overlooking the court,all so quaintly odd, as to cause a smile onthe face of the… … 8o DETROIT MUSEUM OF ART there less to be said of the swords, daggers, and stilettos ofItalian or Spanish origin. It is quite interesting tocompare the workmanship of the various countries withthat of the elaborately decorated Japanese swords, withblades as keen as the best Damascus or Toledo.…
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