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MARIANNA DÁGI: Training the Eye: Technical Details as Clues in the Attribution of Ancient Jewellery

CHASED PATTERN/DECORATION: usually a linear pattern pressed by a chasing tool into the surface of metal sheets or castings. CHASING TOOL: a blunt, rod-like hand tool usually used for creating linear patterns pressed into the surface of metal sheets or castings. It is used with hammer. COMPLEX CONNECTING ELEMENT: a kind ot connecting element composed of more than one part. In animal-head hoop earrings, it can be built up from three or more parts (e.g. a truncated cone, cylinder, or ball-shaped elements, granulation rings, or stone beads). CONNECTING ELEMENT (collar; Manschette): on animal-head, mostly hoop shaped jewellery, the structural element directly behind the animal head which connects the head to the rest of the piece. In practical terms, this element hides the join between the animal head and the other part of the piece. DRAWN: made with a drawplate (a rectangular slab with holes in different diameters). The diameter of wires or tubes can be diminished by drawing. MATRIX: tool used for producing objects by embossing metal sheet. Different patterns can usually be found on it, which can be elaborated in two ways: by sinking into the surface of the tool or, by relief modelling on the surface of the tool. The material of the matrix is normally stone or metal. NARROWING CUT: a cut made at the edge of a piece of sheet by which its width can he reduced and the sheet shaped to the desired form. PLAIN FILIGREE WIRE: wire made from a strip of sheet gold which is twisted around its longitudinal axis and rolled between two flat slabs or surfaces until its surface becomes flat. A seam-like line on the wire can indicate the edge of the strip of sheet used in making it. PRIMARY MARK OF ATTRIBUTION: a mark of attribution that results from characteristic automatisms and identifies a particular hand, which can be found on the basic structure of jewellery (e.g. punched decoration). These marks clearly identify the hand of the goldsmith who made the given piece. PUNCH: a rod-like hand tool. One of its ends can be shaped in one of several different forms (e.g. a cone or crescent), or different relief patterns can be formed on the end of the tool (e.g. a rosette, a shell, or an animal or human head). PUNCHED DECORATION/PATTERN: an ornamental pattern embossed into sheet metal by a punch. It leaves a negative impression. ROUND NOSE PLIERS: a pair of pliers with two round jaws. It can be used tor the bending ot arched forms. SECONDARY MARK OF ATTRIBUTION: a mark of attribution which in itself results from characteristic automatisms and identifies a particular hand, but which can be found on parts of jewellery that are added to the basic structure of a piece (e.g. catch-rings or long arches on bull's-head hoop earrings). In case of a