Description

Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd [Published Date: 1969]. Hardcover, 157 pp. 1969 Edition. Good+ in good dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages very lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and tears and light creasing to edges. light overall scuffing to jacket as well. Price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. Color illustrations. [from front jacket flap] When we see the range of marvellous objects produced by medieval goldsmiths, from brooches and belt clasps to crowns, chalices, reliquaries and even altar frontals, we appreciate the multitude of skills they had at their fingertips. And when the author traces the various influences that contributed to medieval Europe through the Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic periods, we begin to understand why the production of medieval goldsmiths was so prolific. The ingenuity of the craftsmen was limitless, and they did not hesitate to use pearls, precious stones, enamelling and cameos in lavish abundance. We can imagine how medieval ceremonials must have glowed and glittered with the breathtaking magnificence of these extravagant creations.