Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 476
ze examples which have survived do not cor-respond to those figured on ancient monuments;the explanation probably is that bronze specimenswere not in common usage, the ordinary materialapparently being either leather or some other flexi-ble substance (cf. Pernice, op. cit., p. 13 ff.). 1605 Height,… … TOOLS AXE-HEADS OR CELTS The axe (ireXeKvs, a^Lvrj, securis) was one of the first implements used Axe-headsby man both as a weapon and as a tool. A large number of axe-heads ORbelonging to the Stone Age have been discovered in all countries. When Celtsmetal took the place of stone, the same general…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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