The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities (1845)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 111
73 HISTORY OF ART IN THE MIDDLE AGES. many legends ; but the artist appears to have drawn him in the character of a preaching friar. The second cut (from fol. 11, r°) represents a king with his wise men arguing … they have a high back, like similar articles of furni- ture which we still find from time to time in old country public-houses. It appears, by the instances which are found in illuminated manuscripts, that benches with backs of this description were used to place before the fire in winter, while in…
Great Britain -- Antiquities
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![An illustration from Decretu[m] Gratiani : cu glossis dñi Joannis Theutonici prepositi Alberstatensis [et] annotationibus Bartholomei Brixiensis : [cum] diuisionibus Archidiaconi : [cum] Casibus a Bene., cõpositis per Bart. Brixi., correctis [et] pro clariore itellectu pluribus in locis extensis : [cum] concordia ad Bibliam : [cum] tabula marginalium glossularu[m] : [cum tabula] omniu canonu [et] concilio[rum] : [cum] Margarita Decreti : [cum] flosculis totius Decretia domio Joanne diacono compositis : [cum] additione in margine litteraru[m], quo minusculi characteres lineis intercepti, citius legenti appareant (1514)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-decretumgratiani00grat-340-272.webp)
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