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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 265

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scratched lines with which detailswere drawn or textures indicated with the minutenessof fine engraving. Indeed the process of obtainingeffects by drawing with a needle in lines of light througha dark medium inevitably suggests the art of etchingon metal. Marvellous as were the effects produced by… … Fig. 219. -Painted Window in the Laurentian Library, Florence.Sixteenth Century. 242 HERALDRY AS ART of the earlier method, being characterized by a sharpglittering brilliancy in place of the deep effulgence ofpot metal. This painted glass of the sixteenth century containsmuch fine vigorous…

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