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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.

DOSSETTER PHOTO. [BRITISH MUSEUM 1. LEAF OF A DIPTYCH Byzantine, fifth century

[See p. 55.]

THE IVORY WORKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES

BY A. M. CUST

LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1902

CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.

TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

TO MY DEAR FATHER I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.