Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · London : G. Allen & Sons · leaf 118
at the excellenceshown in the earliest bronze sculpture which occurs among theroyal tombs in Westminster Abbey, the very first with theeffigies of Henry III. and Queen Eleanor being perhaps themost estimable. They are all of English workmanship, andtheir perfection is set o£F by the comparison of… … Tlatf. VITHE GL(JLX1£STER CANDLESTICK ENGLAND 91 beauty of the English example is due in part to its being, likethe other English royal effigies, made by the cire perdue process,whilst the Limoges effigy is formed of plates of metal beaten onto a wooden core—a method which undoubtedly tends to…
