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 447
r to turn over the leaves with facility; they were placed on one ofthose revolving desks having space for many open folios at the same time,and which were capable of accommodating many readers simultaneously.It is said that Petrarch had caused a volume containing the * Epistles ofCicero,… … Fig-, 332.—Seal of the University of OxforJ, in which is a Hook bound with Corners and Clasps. handwT^iting is still to be seen in the Laurentian Library at Florence; it isbound in wood, with edges and clasps of copper. The Crusades, which introduced into Europe many luxurious customs,must have had…
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