The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 224
so far as concerned the fraternity with respect to works forcharitable and devotional purposes, had a seal (Fig. 116) which placed itunder the patronage of St. Eloi; but, with regard to its industrial asso-ciation, it imprinted on manufactured articles a seing, or stamp, whichguaranteed the value… … Fig. 114.—Stamp of Melun. Fig. 116.—Ancient Corporate Seal of the Fig. 115.—Stamp of Orleans. Goldsmiths of Paris, it by that king, a position which nevertheless it did not succeed in pre-serving in the united constitution of the six mercantile bodies ; for, althoughit laid claim to the first rank…
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