Dinanderie: a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, G. Allen & sons · leaf 51
brated bell otArmagh, 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 ot bronze torall purposes for which this metal was… … Plate IITHE CHAIR OF DAGUBIiKT 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 day,…