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 75
me from oblivion. It may also be well to observethat at the time it is first alluded to in history, this tapestry is foundbelonging to the very church in which Matilda desired to be buried. We have already seen (in the chapter on Furniture) that towards thetwelfth and thirteenth centuries, under… … Fig. 27.—A piece of the Bayeux Tapestry, representing the construction of Boats for William (with Border). for campaigning or for hunting. They were displayed on festive occasions ;as, for instance, when princes were entering a town, the object being to hidethe bare walls. The dining-halls were…
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