Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 401
one age, they are comparatively simple. They do notassume a richer form and finish till the introduction of bronze andiron. The great revolution which ensued on the transition fromthe Stone to the Bronze age finds a not less imposing parallelin the revolution wrought by the invention of Gunpowder.… … The Crozier, and the Monstrance. Plate 225.25* of^y The Shield. weapons of offense are far more manifold. Swords, Daggers, Spears,Pikes, Lances, Axes, Maces, Arrows, Eifles, and Pistols, are theprincipal. It is unfortunately impossible, in this work, to give dueconsideration to every single form;…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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