rof metal, and perhaps what kindof clay or metal. The least experienced insuch things hardly want tellingthat the reliquary here given(21) is silver, for all the archi-tectural character of its design,or that the jewellery on page27 is of gold. It is derivedfrom various sources, Egyptian,Greek,… … 22. ANCIENT goldsmiths WORK. 28 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. of gold that are soldered on, or cloisons to hold inlay oflapis and other precious stones, everywhere the ductility andyielding disposition of the metal is to be perceived, to saynothing of its fusibility. And so with other ornamental…
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