The thing of mine I have loved the best : meaningful jewels

Klappentext This book studies forty-six pieces of European jewelry - pendants, reliquaries, amulets, and talismans - from the eighth to the eighteenth century. The title "The thing of mine I have loved the best" comes from the medieval will of an English duchess who bequeathed a reliquary jewel to her son. It expresses the sentiment that jewels appealed (then Zusammenfassung This book studies forty-six pieces of European jewelry – pendants, reliquaries,amulets, and talismans – from the eighth to the eighteenth century.

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• Authors: Anna Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, CHADOUR-SAMPS, Anna Beatriz (1953-....) Chadour-Sampson, Cynthia Hahn, Cynthia Hahn, Cynthia (1952-....) Hahn, Cynthia J. Hahn, HAHN C, Hahn Cynthia
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2018
• EAN: 9780997184266
• ISBN: 978-0-9971842-6-6
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1240 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts