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 50
brated bell ofArmagh, which is one of the series, bears an inscription whichfixes the date of its making as about the end of the ninthcentury. But while these examples show us that the people ofWestern Europe were still familiar with the use of bronze forall purposes for which this metal was… … Jl.AIK II THE CHAIR UF I)A( ii jBi;i;T THE ORIGINS 31 bronze, casting objects of a considerable size with ornamentsthereon in high relief. And they displayed this remarkableexcellence not only in their weapons and warlike accoutrements,but in innumerable domestic objects which have survived tothis…
