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 314
ned resignation and costly grandeur. The monumental statuaiyof this age has, however, almost entirely disappeared, and we should be nearlydestitute of any accurate record as to the state of art for a period of severalcenturies, were it not for numerous diptjchs which, to some extent, su]»plythis… … ■^ Fig. 226.—A Stone Tomb, of one of the first Abbots of St. Germain-des-Pres, Paris. intended to receive the names of the newly baptised; those -w herein werewritten the names of the benefactors of the Church, sovereigns, and popes;diptychs to the glory of saints and martyrs; and those destined to…
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