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 444
and was ornamented witli an engravedagate representing Ada, the emperor, and his sons; and lastly, one that wasto 1)0 seen as late as 17J7 in tlie convent of Ilaiitvillers, near Epernay, andwhich was bound in carved ivory. Sometimes these sumptuous volumes were enclosed in an envelopemade of rich… … Fo- jjO-—Librar}- of the University of Leyder, in which all the Books were chained, even in the Seventeenth Centurj-. known to have been originally enclosed in a small casket of silver gilt,on which were represented in relief the Mysteries of the Passion.* These books, however, bound with…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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