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...story of his rediscovery began one day in 1949 when Arnold Fawcus, a British publisher of art books who lives in France, stopped off to take a look at the Autun cathedral. As he gazed up at the vaulted ceiling, he noticed high in the apse a headless figure who seemed to be a Christ. The unusual pose-knees turned out as if the legs were bowed-and the perforated drapery recalled the Christ bearing Gislebertus' signature. Was it possible that Gislebertus had done the entire cathedral...
...Master's Touch. Fawcus found a fellow enthusiast in the cathedral's choirmaster, Abbé Denis Grivot. Fired by Fawcus' visit, the abbé started an investigation with the help of London University's expert on Romanesque art, George Zarnecki. After twelve years of study, Grivot and Zarnecki wrote the book that Fawcus' Trianon Press published...
Gears. Four of the oldest manufacturers of gears merged: Van Dorn & Dutton of Cleveland, Ohio Forge of Cleveland, William Ganschow of Chicago and Fawcus Machine of Pittsburgh. Called Gears & Forgings, Inc., their combined resources are $6,000,000, their combined annual output...
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