The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 28
ush mats, and bundles of branches, aiirl for their tablesslabs of stone or piles of turf. From the fifth century of the Christian era,we already find the Franks and the Gloths resting their muscular forms (jnthe long soft seats which the Romans had adopted from the East, and whichhave become our… … Fig. 2.—Chair of the Ninth or Tenth Century, taken from a Miniature of that period. ^MS. de la Bibl. Nat. de Paris.) were soon abandoned by the Gauls ; benches and stools were adopted by thosemost active and vigorous men; meals were no longer eaten reclining, butsitting; while the thrones of kings…
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