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 383
ry is very white and thin; the parchment of the twelfth century isthick, rough, and brownish, which often shows it has been scraped orwashed. The greater number of fine manuscripts are on virgin parchment,which from its nature was suited to the delicacies of caligraphy and illu-mination. Moreover,… … Fig. 280.—View of the Ancient Abbey of St. Denis and its Dependencies. might result from the great competition of traders in it, and to ensure a goodarticle being furnished to students and artists, a special privilege was grantedto the university, which, in the person of its rector, had not only…
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