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 415
t must possess a greater power of re-sistance because the tang or prolongation of the blade, which isalways made of steel, must be let-into it. As the Plate shows, theshape of the blade has passed through many changes in the courseof time. To cut the consecrated bread the Middle Ages… … The Knife, and the Fork. Meyer, Handbook of Ornament. Plate 232.26 402 The Knife, and the Fork. — The Paper-Knife. — The Scissors. 3—4. Gothic, 14th century, the prongs of alloy, the handle ofivory mounted with silver, 7 /2 iiis. long, Garneray collection. 5. Mediaeval, copper gilt, 4^/4 ins. long,…
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