Author: Terry Richard Bazes
Publisher: White Pine Press (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Demons...A murderous Peeping Tom...A three-hundred-Pound psychic beautician...A two-headed baby...And a visionary painter haunted by a strange beauty and a family curse dating back to Napoleonic France. At once a mystery story, a love story, a Kabbalistic conundrum, and a black comic farce in knockout prose, this is a novel you will want to read twice.
Report and Appendix ...
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Report and Appendix
Author: Great Britain. Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Livery Companies of the City of London
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ISBN:
Category : Guilds
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guilds
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Report and Appendix
Author: Great Britain. City of London Livery Companies' Commission
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Category : Guilds
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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Category : Guilds
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
Book Description
Medieval Goldsmiths
Author: John Cherry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714128238
Category : Art metal-work, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Goldsmiths were among the most highly regarded craftsmen in the medieval world, making extravagant objects from precious gold and silver, often enriched with rare stones and engraved gems. As well as royal and aristocratic patrons, much of their work was created for the Church, as it was thought that 'such display praised God'. For this reason many pieces that survive today were preserved in the treasuries of churches, where they escaped the ravages of history. In this wonderfully illustrated book, John Cherry explores the goldsmith's craft through works in the British Museum and from collections around the world. The British Museum holds some of the most splendid examples of medieval goldsmiths' work in the world, including the peerless Royal Gold Cup. With a description of the craft, its reputation in medieval times, and the raw materials used, the author offers an intriguing introduction to the expertise of the workmanship and the success of the trade. Who were the goldsmiths? Who did they work for? What influenced them, and how much freedom were they given to design? These questions and others are explored in this classic book, now redesigned in a lovely new format and illustrated throughout with new colour photography.
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ISBN: 9780714128238
Category : Art metal-work, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Goldsmiths were among the most highly regarded craftsmen in the medieval world, making extravagant objects from precious gold and silver, often enriched with rare stones and engraved gems. As well as royal and aristocratic patrons, much of their work was created for the Church, as it was thought that 'such display praised God'. For this reason many pieces that survive today were preserved in the treasuries of churches, where they escaped the ravages of history. In this wonderfully illustrated book, John Cherry explores the goldsmith's craft through works in the British Museum and from collections around the world. The British Museum holds some of the most splendid examples of medieval goldsmiths' work in the world, including the peerless Royal Gold Cup. With a description of the craft, its reputation in medieval times, and the raw materials used, the author offers an intriguing introduction to the expertise of the workmanship and the success of the trade. Who were the goldsmiths? Who did they work for? What influenced them, and how much freedom were they given to design? These questions and others are explored in this classic book, now redesigned in a lovely new format and illustrated throughout with new colour photography.
Report and Appendix ...
Author: Great Britain. London livery companies' commission
Publisher:
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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City of London Livery Companies' Commission
Author: Great Britain. London livery companies commission
Publisher:
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Category : Livery companies
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Livery companies
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Beyond Banks
Author: Dan Awrey
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691245428
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
How new technology is rapidly changing the nature of money and the way we pay A diverse and growing range of financial institutions and platforms—from PayPal and Venmo to WeChat, Alipay, and the brave new world of stablecoins—has harnessed new technology to disrupt the system of money and payments as we know it. Beyond Banks explains why this disruption holds out the promise of faster, cheaper, more convenient, and more secure payments, but also how it increasingly risks exposing consumers, businesses, and governments to the problem of bad money. Dan Awrey traces the origins of our current bundled system of banking, money, and payments. He explains why the problem of bad money—the result of antiquated and inadequate laws and regulation that fail to establish credible commitments to hold, transfer, or return a customer’s money on demand—requires that policymakers fundamentally rethink their approach toward the design of the laws and institutions at the heart of this system. He presents ways to effectively unbundle banking from money and payments, ensure the credibility of monetary commitments, and promote the stability of this system. Awrey also envisions a more forward-looking role for policymakers in encouraging greater technological experimentation, competition, and innovation in the realm of payments. Beyond Banks sheds critical light on the important but too often dysfunctional relationship among technology, regulation, and money, and lays the foundations for a safer, more nimble, and more inclusive system of money and payments.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691245428
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
How new technology is rapidly changing the nature of money and the way we pay A diverse and growing range of financial institutions and platforms—from PayPal and Venmo to WeChat, Alipay, and the brave new world of stablecoins—has harnessed new technology to disrupt the system of money and payments as we know it. Beyond Banks explains why this disruption holds out the promise of faster, cheaper, more convenient, and more secure payments, but also how it increasingly risks exposing consumers, businesses, and governments to the problem of bad money. Dan Awrey traces the origins of our current bundled system of banking, money, and payments. He explains why the problem of bad money—the result of antiquated and inadequate laws and regulation that fail to establish credible commitments to hold, transfer, or return a customer’s money on demand—requires that policymakers fundamentally rethink their approach toward the design of the laws and institutions at the heart of this system. He presents ways to effectively unbundle banking from money and payments, ensure the credibility of monetary commitments, and promote the stability of this system. Awrey also envisions a more forward-looking role for policymakers in encouraging greater technological experimentation, competition, and innovation in the realm of payments. Beyond Banks sheds critical light on the important but too often dysfunctional relationship among technology, regulation, and money, and lays the foundations for a safer, more nimble, and more inclusive system of money and payments.
Goldsmiths Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goldwork
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goldwork
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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