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 407
distant—of that art, but only to point out itsprincipal phases of improvement or ofdecay during the Middle Ages. The most ancient known miniaturesdate from the very commencement of that period which is generallycalled the Middle Ages; that is to say, from the third and fourthThese paintings, of… … centuries. specimens correctness Art. The Vatican Library (Fig. 299), a manuscript long celebrated among learned menfor the authenticity of its text. Another Yirgil, of the date of about acentury later, and which, before its presentation to the Pope, was one of themost beautiful ornaments of the…
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