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 46
d by light chains (Figs. 10 and 11), they were made in accordancewith the means of those for whom they were intended, and were of bakedearth, iron, brass, and gold or silver, all more or less ornamented. Lampsand candlesticks are not unfrequently mentioned in the inventories of theMiddle Ages. In… … Figs, io and n.—Hanging Lamps of the Ninth Century, from Miniatures in the Bible of Charlesthe Bald (Bibl. Imp. de Paris). and in those days these works of art were much in request. The use oflamps was all but general in the early days of the monarchy ; but as thesomewhat dim and smoky flame which…
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