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... Ages , were made by weavers who exercised much of their own ingenuity in following the cartoon , or artist's sketch for the design . Though he followed the painter's directions and pattern fairly closely , the weaver did not hesitate to ...
... Ages , were made by weavers who exercised much of their own ingenuity in following the cartoon , or artist's sketch for the design . Though he followed the painter's directions and pattern fairly closely , the weaver did not hesitate to ...
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... Age . Early Bronze Age ( c . 3000-2000 BC ) . On the mainland , the pottery initiative passed from Thessaly to the Peloponnese and Boeotia . Early Bronze Age pottery from these two areas has been classified into Early , Mid- dle , and ...
... Age . Early Bronze Age ( c . 3000-2000 BC ) . On the mainland , the pottery initiative passed from Thessaly to the Peloponnese and Boeotia . Early Bronze Age pottery from these two areas has been classified into Early , Mid- dle , and ...
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... Ages . England was one of the main lead- producing areas in the Middle Ages , and lead was more widely employed there than on the continent of Europe . In the 12th century the German monk Theophilus , in his treatise on metalworking ...
... Ages . England was one of the main lead- producing areas in the Middle Ages , and lead was more widely employed there than on the continent of Europe . In the 12th century the German monk Theophilus , in his treatise on metalworking ...
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