A description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington museum (1872)
South Kensington Museum, Maskell, William, 1814?-1890 · London, Chapman & Hall · leaf 56
xliv Preface. known of this period. There is a difficulty in suggesting even a probable date, which can scarcely however be later than the early part of the seventh century : nor is it more easy to speculate on the original … to a short interval of deteriora- tion at the end of the tenth century. After this brief check there followed a distinct improvement ; impressed however with a feeling and type peculiar to the eleventh There is great similarity of where the ivory has cracked there style between this ivory and a…
South Kensington Museum · Ivories · Art objects
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