A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Brass Repousse for Amateurs (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

T. G. Gawthorp

9780364121245: A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Brass Repousse for Amateurs (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0364121246 ISBN 13: 9780364121245

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Brass Repousse for Amateurs

Largely indulged in. Who has not read Homer's wonderful description of the shield made by Vulcan for the warrior Achilles when, after a long spell of inactivity, the latter was furious to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus ?1 It is very noticeable that Homer describes with realistic song the wonderful work that can be executed with the hammer in skilful hands, While at the same time he speaks with such knowledge of the art as not to omit the important process of annealing by fire and wind. No doubt in the early Chris tian times there were many such workmen Alexander the coppersmith), while many interesting relics may have been hidden away in the darksome recesses of the cata combs. As, too, the Church increased, and the Roman Catholic ritual was established, so the need or desire for.

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