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Tue Jan 5, 2021 10:19 AM

Just putting this here so I don’t lose it. A 1893 compilation of several books of goldsmith ornaments engraved by…

1/4/2021 I said I’d talk about Honervogt when I mentioned Meyer (Lotz #52) so let’s talk a bit about Lotz…

1/1/2021 Back in February of last year I paid to have the University of Basel’s copy of Lotz #35 scanned…

I was recently put on vigil for the Order of the Laurel (for non-SCA folks, that is the highest recognition…

My son has informed me these are were-llamas. I seems more plausible to me than lions. Anyway, they definitely fit…

Not sure what these beasts are supposed to be. Felines, bears, just general grotesques? They’re in the 1563 _Splendore delle…

As there are so few dragons in the patterns, I thought I’d share these from _Ornamento nobile per ogni gentil…