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 484
virgin parchment, which from its nature was suited to the delicacies ofcalligraphy and illumination. Moreover, we see from a statute of theUniversity of Paris, dated 1291, that the parchment trade had attainedat that period to considerable development ; so, as a protection against thefrauds and… … Fig. 330.—Seal of the University of Paris (Fourteenth Century), after one of the Dies preserved in theCollection of Medals in the Imperial Library, Paris. the person of its rector, had not only the right of inspection, but alsothe refusal of all parchment bought in Paris, no matter whence it…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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