Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 204
cellent tempering, andwere famous as earlyas the days of theRomans. Seville wasalso noted for the ex-cellence of its steelblades, and the Arabs,as we have seen, werehighly skilled in metalworking, and especiallyin the making of allkinds of arms andarmour, including itsornamentation. The celebrated… … Fig. 149.—Moorish Lamp, Bronzej Four-teenth Century. (R.) j86 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. Normans, as represented on the Bayeux Tapestry, whichwere in imitation of or borrowed from the military habitsof the Saracens. The sword manufactory at Toledo was in its most
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