. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Spanish Mediaeval and Renaissance Ironwork One such ornament, of un-usually complicated design,with a basis of four radiat-ing fietirs-de-lys, ribbed withdragons between escallops, isshown on p. 128. The majority,however, comprise merely ab-stract forms, and even thuslimited present a marvellousversatility and freshness ofdevice, though always conform-able to such rational lines oftreatment as might be elicitedfrom the nature of the metaland as were consistent withthe ironsmiths simple tools. The persistence of certain typ


. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Spanish Mediaeval and Renaissance Ironwork One such ornament, of un-usually complicated design,with a basis of four radiat-ing fietirs-de-lys, ribbed withdragons between escallops, isshown on p. 128. The majority,however, comprise merely ab-stract forms, and even thuslimited present a marvellousversatility and freshness ofdevice, though always conform-able to such rational lines oftreatment as might be elicitedfrom the nature of the metaland as were consistent withthe ironsmiths simple tools. The persistence of certain types should beremarked in other objects beside nail-head orna-. ments. Ofnumbers in


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