An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. (1863)
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, Berjeau, Jean Philibert, 1809-1891 · London : J. Lilly · leaf 475
t to their knees. The breast-plateof this gentleman is also remarkable, being apparently made of onepiece ; and, indeed, if the same may not be said of two other smallerfigures of knights, tilting, who are also dressed in plain steel armour,but without the tuilles ; the lower breast-plates of both… … chap, xiv.) COSTUME FROM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. 371 here given, in speaking of the cuts of the Speculum, I shall here onlyadd, or perhaps repeat, that the illuminations in this manuscript furnishample proof, that both the tower head-dress, and the horned head-dress, were at this time worn by…
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