Mémoires d'orfèvres. L'orfèvrerie classée Monument historique des églises du Languedoc-Roussillon. Proche et Moyen Orient 30th supplement to the Archaeological

30th supplement to the Archaeological Review of Central France

Presented by Boris CYRULNIK

the emergence of a world of mixed race and of an ecumenical Hellenism

He was successively a member of the Antiquities Service of Syria and Lebanon

née dans le monde anglo-saxon

Mémoires d'orfèvres. L'orfèvrerie classée Monument historique des églises du Languedoc-Roussillon. Proche et Moyen Orient 30th supplement to the ArchaeologicalThe city of Montpellier played a leading role in the history of national goldsmithing. Its well known guild of silversmiths dates back to the 12th century and was the first to use the city hallmark, a procedure adopted by Paris two centuries later. French goldsmith treasures owe their great vulnerability and preciousness to their role as monetary reserves. It is only since 1913, when they were granted the status of National Treasures, that they have