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Preferred term

Handsteine  

Definition

  • 16th c. German Kunstkammer objects, each the size of a hand. Pieces of ore were cut and polished to make a mining scene (or landscapes or crucifixion scene) and mounted on a silver-gilt stand. [Grove Encyc of Decorative Arts]

Entry terms

  • Hand stones
  • Hand-stones
  • Lapides manuales

Notation

  • 122816

In other languages

  • French

  • Lapide manuale
  • Lapides manuales

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-J4PVV4JG-Z

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