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 37
the prophetsholding scrolls, 112 half-length figures of animals on gold ground, and 4large representations of the judgments of Solomon .... vixx Al (620 louis). For twelve crystals for the said fauteuil, of which five are hollow tohold the bâtons, six flat, and one round, &c. It was only… … / / i Fig. 5.—Seats from Miniatures of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. century chairs with backs (chaires or chayeres à dorseret), in carved oak orchestnut, painted and gilt, fell into disuse, even in the royal castles, asbeing too heavy and inconvenient, and on account of their enormous…
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