Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 220
n Hol-land by Charles XVof Sweden (Fig. 190).The design is a finebold treatment of theArms of the Visconti,and the workmanshipis probably Italian.There is a backplatewith repousse armsin the same collec-tion. The powder horn(Fig. 191) in theRoyal Armoury atDresden is a verygood example of… … Fig. 191.—Powder-horn with Armorials. The Royal Armoury, Dresden. Sixteenth Century. METHODS AND MATERIALS 197 bands of ornament on thearmour, was naturally themethod adopted for orna-menting the blades ofweapons and other flatsurfaces. Indeed, it wasfrom the engraving forornaments sake that…
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