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 382
, for example, a manuscript of the AmbrosianLibrary, of which the writing, dating from eight or nine centuries back, hadbeen substituted for another of more than a thousand years old; and Maffeiinforms us that the employment of ancient parchment scraped and washedbecame so general, in the… … Fig. 279.-Min;ature of the Ninth Centur,-, representing an Evangelist who is transcribing the Sacred Text on Parchment with the Calamus.(Bibl. de Bourgogup, Brussels.) 322 PARCHMENT AND PAPER. Generally, the quality of parchment serves to determine the date of itsmanufacture. The vellum of…
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