Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900) (14597819329)

Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye (find matches)
Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library



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Monstrance, gilt brass, 23 ins. high, Hotzendorf. c. Utensils of War and Hunting; Wea2)ons. Utensils of war and hunting, in their most primitive forms atleast, are as old as mankind itself. Savages of the earliest as wellas of modern times, show great skill, and a certain oiiginality inthe decoration of these utensils, as we may see in our ethnologicalcollections. So long as these utensils continued to be made of horn,bone, and such materials: and also so long as they belong to the so-called Stone age, they are comparatively simple. They do notassume a richer form and finish till the introduction of bronze andiron. The great revolution which ensued on the transition fromthe Stone to the Bronze age finds a not less imposing parallelin the revolution wrought by the invention of Gunpowder. Utensils of War and Hunting may be divided into two greatsections: weapons of Defense and weapons of Offense. To the formerbelong Shields, Helmets and Armour. The kinds and number of METAL OBJECTS. 387
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The Crozier, and the Monstrance. Plate 225.25* of^y The Shield. weapons of offense are far more manifold. Swords, Daggers, Spears,Pikes, Lances, Axes, Maces, Arrows, Eifles, and Pistols, are theprincipal. It is unfortunately impossible, in this work, to give dueconsideration to every single form; still the chief representatives havebeen included, with the exception of Firearms and Armour, in whichonly the engraved or chased details are of decorative importance. The most striking examples, in our Armouries and Museums,have lately been published, in numerous works; so that it is notdifficult to obtain a general view of this section; monographs on Wea-pons have also been published, among which we may specially men-tion Boeheims Waffenkunde (E. A. Seemann, Leipzig). The Shield. (Plate 226.) The Shield, which from the earliest times has been the usualweapon of defense against blows and thrusts, is generally a. dumeddisc, the form of which has varied considerably. Circular, elliptical,semi-