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 528
WW Even under Charles VI. this impulsedid not abate, and the art of paintingmanuscripts was never in a more flourishing-condition. The border taken from the Livre dHeures, or prayer-book, of theDuke dAnjou, uncle of the king (Fig. 366),is an example of this. We might mention,as specimens of… … Fiç. 367.—Miniature taken from Les Femmes Illustres,translated from Boccacio. (Imperial Library, Paris.) Ptéponses, by Peter Salmon, a manuscriptexecuted for the king, and ornamented withexquisite miniatures, in which all thecharacters are true historical portraits, beau-tifully finished.…
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