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How I made simple one bar specs...    The Research
 
Historical Documentation - Paintings, engravings actual documents and stuff...
 
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1500 - 1600 specs

These next plates are taken from Fashions in Eyeglasses by Richard Corson. Unfortunately he does not state where he got the engravings from. BUT! I have found images of some of the real specs. So, although these are still on par with Norris for being possible redrawings - they are pointing in some very clear directions that do have physical backups.

  1. 1510 Italian
  2. 1500 - 1550 English made from horn
  3. 1500 German - made from horn
  4. 1583, German (Dresden). Leather and horn.
  5. c. 1600 German. Leather and horn. From a manuscript in Nürnberg.
  6. c. 1600 German. Leather. From a manuscript in Nürnberg.
 

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