DUNFLOWER, WALTER DE (Brit.). Mint-master under Edward III.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
DIODOTOS
DIODOTOS (Greek). The signature ?IO?OTOY, which Prof. Furtwaengler considers antique,is found on a cameo in sardonyx,representing a head of Medusa. This gem belonged to the collection of M. Pauvert de La Chapelle, and was discovered at Rome some years ago. The above-named collector has recently ceded his magnificent collection to the Bibliothéque Nationale (May 1899). Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées. — Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines. — E. Babelon, ...
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DIODOTOS (Greek). The signature ?IO?OTOY, which Prof. Furtwaengler considers antique,is found on a cameo in sardonyx,representing a head of Medusa. This gem belonged to the collection of M. Pauvert de La Chapelle, and was discovered at Rome some years ago. The above-named collector has recently ceded his magnificent collection to the Bibliothéque Nationale (May 1899). Bibliography. — Babelon, Pierres gravées. — Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines. — E. Babelon, ...
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DIOSCORIDES
DIOSCORIDES (Greek). This artist is perhaps the most famous of all the ancient Gem-engravers. Pyrgoteles was the contemporary of Alexander the Great, and Dioscorides that of Augustus ; both personify the glyptic art under their respective periods, the one in Greek, and the other in Roman, times. But whereas no specimen of the work of Pyrgoteles has come down to us in support of writers' evidence, a sufficient number of undoubtedly genuine examples of that of Dioscorides are extant to excite our ...
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DIOSCORIDES (Greek). This artist is perhaps the most famous of all the ancient Gem-engravers. Pyrgoteles was the contemporary of Alexander the Great, and Dioscorides that of Augustus ; both personify the glyptic art under their respective periods, the one in Greek, and the other in Roman, times. But whereas no specimen of the work of Pyrgoteles has come down to us in support of writers' evidence, a sufficient number of undoubtedly genuine examples of that of Dioscorides are extant to excite our ...
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DIXON, ROGER
DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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DIXON, ROGER (Brit.). A. Birmingham Die-sinker of the end of the eighteenth century. He engraved numerous tokens, amongst which it may be worth while mentioning the following, which exhibit very creditable work : Beccles, 1795 ; — Birmingham Overseers, 1788 ; — Rackham, Bury; — C. Guest, Bury, 1795 ; — B. I. V. Co, Burnt Island, 1797; — J. Matthews, Canterbury, 1794; — A. Simpson, Chesham, 1795; — T. Horn, Cinque Ports (2 var.); — H. Boorman, East Grinstead, 1795 ; — J. Grow, Feversham, 1794; — ...
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DOBICHT
DOBICHT (Germ.). Bookbinder, then Die-sinker at Neuwied, in the service of the Counts of Wied-Neuwied, 1750-1756. His name occurs again in 1780. The medals by this attist mostly refer to the history of Kurfürst Johann Philipp of Treves; he is also the author of a Marriage medal of Count Philipp von der Lippe, 1780. I have seen his signature, D., on a medal of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg, 1750. — Mining Thaler of same year. — Medal of Count Wied, 1752, &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal,...
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DOBICHT (Germ.). Bookbinder, then Die-sinker at Neuwied, in the service of the Counts of Wied-Neuwied, 1750-1756. His name occurs again in 1780. The medals by this attist mostly refer to the history of Kurfürst Johann Philipp of Treves; he is also the author of a Marriage medal of Count Philipp von der Lippe, 1780. I have seen his signature, D., on a medal of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg, 1750. — Mining Thaler of same year. — Medal of Count Wied, 1752, &c. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal,...
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