In tracing the history of gold through the ages, this beautiful book showcases the multifarious uses to which the precious metal has been put. Drawing on her own long experience investigating the art
"Maitre Alpais" is the signature on one of a group of gold and enamel altar vessels now in the British Museum, the Louvre, and other locations. This volume offers a suite of nine studies (one is in Fr
This book arose from the conference Metallurgy: A Touchstone for Cross-cultural Interaction which took place at the British Museum. The papers largely relate to mining and extractive metallurgy. The i
