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.