Medieval Goldsmith's Work

by Isa Belli Barsali

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, small tear to back wrapper of dust-jacket (see photographs)

"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"