HANDBOOKS OF THE GREAT CRAFTSMEN.
Illustrated Monographs, Biographical and Critical, on the Great Craftsmen
and Workers of Ancient and Modern Times.
Edited by G. C. Williamson, Litt.D.
Imperial 16mo, with numerous Illustrations,
5s. net each.
First Volumes of the Series
THE PAVEMENT MASTERS OF SIENA.
By R. H. Hobart Cust, M.A.
PETER VISCHER.
By Cecil Headlam, B.A.
THE IVORY WORKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
By A. M. Cust.
Others to follow.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
THE IVORY WORKERS
OF THE
MIDDLE AGES
BY
A. M. CUST
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1902
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.[Pg vii]
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.[Pg viii]
TO MY DEAR FATHER
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.[Pg ix]
PREFACE
This little book can do no more than humblytouch the fringe of a large subject; but if it leads the reader to afurther study of this beautiful craft, it will have amply fulfilledits duty.
I must express my deep obligation to themagnificent volume on ivories by M. Emile Molinier, whose masterlyarrangement of a very fragmentary and scattered subject is a model oflucidity; and also to Dr. Hans Graeven, whose scholarly researchesand excellent photographs are indispensable for a real study of thecraft.
December, 1901.[Pg x]
CONTENTS
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