Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 139
at theworks of the Anglo-Saxon gold-smiths, who were the principalengravers of that day, were held inthe highest esteem upon the conti-nent, as well as in their nativecountry. The caskets which theymade for the preservation of therelics of the saints, and other piouspurposes, were ornamented… … ENGRAVING. 131 have been very high. That the art had attained to no mean degreeof excellence is clearly proved from a specimen still extant, and ofwhich we give an engraving (fig. a). It is a jewel of gold, ornamentedwith enamelling and a species of filagree ; from the evidence affordedby its own…
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