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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humour, trade, sex,
folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more
than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical
link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten
civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient
Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelain, and
from lewd Renaissance novelties to sleek contemporary vessels,
Around the World in 80 Pots is an eclectic journey across time and
cultures. Expertly selected from the unrivalled collection of the
University of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, this compendium shows that
humankind's oldest craft is the perfect prism through which to view
human history.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The Ashmolean's collection of European stringed instruments is not
large but it is very famous. Several of the instruments in the
Ashmolean are among the rarest and most beautiful of their kind and
most are, in some way, exceptional. The collection was founded on a
group of instruments which was given to the museum by the firm of
W.E. Hill & Sons in 1939 and has since been increased by two
bequests and by an important group of bows and instruments given by
Albert Cooper in 1999. The firm of W.E. Hill & Sons was founded
in 1880 and by the early 20th century the firm had achieved an
unrivalled reputation in making, restoring, and selling stringed
instruments.In the course of handling and repairing instruments,
the Hills became increasingly aware of the damage that was being
inflicted on early viols and violins by constant playing and
repeated restoration. This concern gave rise to the idea of
donating a select group of rare instruments to a museum where they
would be preserved from further harm, and the first instruments
were handed over in 1939. The present handbook discusses and
illustrates every stringed instrument in the collection and is
chiefly intended for the many visitors to the Hill Collection and
for the wider public who might wish for more information about the
instruments and some background history.
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