Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 530
ples at Munichand Quedlinburg are noticed below(p. 524). Sometimes the Westernartist used copper instead of gold,gilding it on occasion to producethe effect of the more precious metal.Such work may be seen on a portablealtar in the Treasury of Conques inRouergue, which has on the borderfive busts,… … is Fig. 301. Gold brooch with enamelin the Byzantine style, probably made inItaly in the sixth or seventh century :British Museum. P. 503. medallion upon which the cloisons re presenting the details are soldered. This process avoids the necessity for beating or punching a cavity in a single plate…
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