Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 182
ed with many fine examples of the gem-engravers art, and the magnificent gold shrine ofEdward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, longsince despoiled, was formerly mounted with numerouscameos, all probably antique.^ The history of the glyptic art has been sufficiently ^ Bock (F.), Das heilige Kdln.… … CAMEOS IN MEDIEVAL JEWELLERY encroached upon here to demonstrate the prominentplace occupied by antique gems in the personal orna-ments of the Middle Ages. Their use for signet ringswill be referred to again ; but attention must be drawnto the three most remarkable examples of their applica-tion to…
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