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 548
he Cathedral ofMilan contains in its treasury the covering of a book still more ancientand much richer, about fourteen inches long by twelve inches wide, andprofusely covered with incrusted enamel, mounted and ornamented withpolished, but uncut, precious stones of various colours. But all these… … Fig. 379.—Library of the University of Leyden, in which all the Books were chained, even in the Seventeenth Century. they then covered with leather, skin, stuff, or parchment ; they added tothese coverings sometimes leathern straps, sometimes metal clasps, sometimeshooks, to keep the volume firmly…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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