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 546
g. 378.—Binding in Gold, adorned with precious Stones which covered a Book of the Gospels of theEleventh Century, representing Jesus Crucified, with the Virgin and St. John at the Foot of the Cross. (Musée du Louvre). of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the coverings of books in enamelledcopper… … OF Til I. r.OWf.R KM BOOKBINDING. 475 represents the monk Etienne de 1 Luret, founder of the order of Grandmont(in the twelfth century), conversing with St. Nicholas. The Cathedral ofMilan contains in its treasury the covering of a book still more ancientand much richer, about fourteen inches long…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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