The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 230
where ; thus at the court of Flanders, GOLD AND SILVER WORK. 165 Antoine of Bordeaux, Margerie of Avignon, and Jean of Rouen, distin-guished themselves. It is true that in the reign of Louis XII., whoseexchequer had been exhausted in the Italian expeditions, gold and silver hadbecome so scarce in… … Figs. 126 to 131.—Chains. recalled his ordinance in 1510; and thenceforth the corporations of gold-smiths were seen to increase and prosper, as luxuriousness, diffused by theexample of the great, descended to the lower ranks of society. Silver platesoon displaced that of tin; and before long…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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