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Catalogue of a collection of Merovingian antiquities belonging to J. Pierpont Morgan.

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, Ricci, Seymour de, 1881-1942, compiler · 1910 · Paris : [publisher not identified] · 14 pictures

A catalogue of Merovingian antiquities from the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, compiled by Seymour de Ricci and published in Paris in 1910 for collectors and scholars of early medieval metalwork. The plates show early medieval bronze and silver objects photographed in plain rows against white pages: buckles, belt fittings, brooches, and disc ornaments with interlace and animal-style decoration, offering a designer studied motifs of knotwork, beasts, and radiating rosettes.

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