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Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 78
well-tanned leather would be damped before being worked. Thenthe design would be drawn upon the surface and the outlinescarefully cut with a sharp knife, and the portion of the surfaceforming the background of the design peeled away. The detail ofthe figures and foliage would then be added by a… … CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. IN GERMAN. MS. XV™ CENTURY Iii hand-wrought leather with brass corners and bosses. Plate V. PLATE V. I I Alart Du Hameel himself could scarcely have twined foliageand branch more cunningly, or fitted living forms to gothic ornamentmore skilfully than the artist who wrought this…
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