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The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 227

An illustration from The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance, 1870, leaf 227 — the Magifollowed by their retinue ; the Magi prostrating themselves and tenderingtheir presents. During the ceremony two trumpets sounded : then allvanished, to re-appear the following hour. Until the end of the thirteenth century, clocks were destined exclusively A A HOROLOGY. to public buildings… … Fig. 147.—A portable Clock of the time of the Valois. France, in Italy, and in Germany, about the commencement of the four-teenth century ; but naturally they were at first so costly that only nobles HOROLOGY. 179 and wealthy persons could obtain them. But an impulse was given whichled to the…

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