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 68
ver thread, combinedwith dyed wools and silk, was used, were named opus plumarii (work inimitation of birds plumage ; others—such, for example, as the veil of theHoly of Holies, which represented cherubim in the act of adoration—werecalled opus artificis (work of the artisan), because they were… … 38 TAPESTRY. tapestry delineating the mysteries of religion, and handing down to us therecollection of historical incidents. The palace of the kings of Babylon,says Philostratus, in the Life of Apollonius of Tyana, was ornamentedwith tapestries in gold and silver tissues, which recorded the Grecian…
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