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ART FROM THE RENASCENCE Berlin) and of beautiful church-bells. Another brassfounder, of equal importance as an artist, and likewise employed by the king, Simon Bochwicz, was knighted for his fine work. Even in later times, there were still eminent brassfounders at Cracow; a fine balustrade in St. Mary's Church (illustration 94), and others of the kind, are specimens of their work.

Of other branches of metal manufacture, equally beautiful and important specimens are to be seen in the churches and the

collections, all of them bearing eloquent witness to the glories of Cracow craftsmanship in this period. In the tombs of the kings, e.g., we find splendid coffins of tin; that of Sigismund Augustus of 1574 is Danzig work and still exhibits pure Renascence forms; others, as that of Sigismund III or Ladislaus IV, are covered with scenes from the lives of the monarchs or other relief ornaments. Mention also must be made of the brass basins, the ornamental locks, and of the work of Cracow's armourers, illustrating the