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 421
come into fashion, artistsof great talent eagerly presented themselves to beengaged by princes and nobles who wished to havethis sort of books ornamented; but the anony-mity which these lay artists generally preservedis explained by the circimistance that in most cases they were considered W Vv^… … Fig. 314.—Facsimile of a Miniature of the Thirteenth Century, representing a Scene of an old Romance : thebeautiful Josiane, disguised as a female juggler, playing a Welsh air on the Rote to make herself known toher friend Bewis. (National Library, Paris.) de Laon, the favourite painter of Louis of…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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