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 384
white parchment seems to he the best suited lor writing, the^Middle Agi\s, following the example of anticpiity, gave to the materialvarious tints, especially purple and yellow. The purple was chieHy intendedto receive characters of gold or silver. The Kniperor Maximian, theyounger, inlun-itcMl from… … Fig. 281.—Seal of the University of Paris (Fourteenth Century), after one of the Dies preserved in theCollection of Medals in the National I.ibrarv, Paris. taries of the Church. It is remarkable that the barbarism of the seventhand eighth centuries did not diminish the favour in which these…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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