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... goldsmiths of Augsburg . May we not , therefore , infer from this , that the goldsmiths of that city occupied themselves at that time in the carving of ivory ? * Moreover it is not astonishing that the German artists should devote ...
... goldsmiths of Augsburg . May we not , therefore , infer from this , that the goldsmiths of that city occupied themselves at that time in the carving of ivory ? * Moreover it is not astonishing that the German artists should devote ...
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... goldsmiths of the XIVth and XVth centuries prepared models in wax of their exquisite compositions , and the great ... goldsmith of Florence . The celebrated Ghiberti , compelled to leave Florence in 1400 on account of the plague ...
... goldsmiths of the XIVth and XVth centuries prepared models in wax of their exquisite compositions , and the great ... goldsmith of Florence . The celebrated Ghiberti , compelled to leave Florence in 1400 on account of the plague ...
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... goldsmith's art , to which it properly belongs . The casting and chasing of bronze were successfully practised in the middle ages . The Liber Ponti- Casting and ficalis of Anastasius Bibliothecarius makes men- chasing of metals tion of ...
... goldsmith's art , to which it properly belongs . The casting and chasing of bronze were successfully practised in the middle ages . The Liber Ponti- Casting and ficalis of Anastasius Bibliothecarius makes men- chasing of metals tion of ...
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... goldsmith's art , that this process was alone in use among the goldsmiths of his time in France and Italy ; that he himself employed no other in the making of jewels , vases , and small figures of gold and silver ; that it was only the ...
... goldsmith's art , that this process was alone in use among the goldsmiths of his time in France and Italy ; that he himself employed no other in the making of jewels , vases , and small figures of gold and silver ; that it was only the ...
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... goldsmiths and armourers , and employed principally in the ornamentation of arms and sacred ves- sels ( Figs . 41 ... goldsmith's art , and will therefore be noticed later under these different heads . ( Figs . 43 , 44. ) With regard to ...
... goldsmiths and armourers , and employed principally in the ornamentation of arms and sacred ves- sels ( Figs . 41 ... goldsmith's art , and will therefore be noticed later under these different heads . ( Figs . 43 , 44. ) With regard to ...
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