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 450
^ *The chonixe was a sort of pocket in which certain valuable books wereenveloped. The Ileures de St. Louis (St. Louiss Prayer-book), nowin the Musee des Souverains, is still in its r/irniis^ of red sandal-wood. The same inventories give an account of tlie prices paid for somebindings and their… … Fig. 335.—Bookbinders Woik-roora, drawn and engraved in the Sixteenth Century, by J. Amman. books, of which six were covered in grained leather; on Sept. 19, 1394,the Duke of Orleans paid to Peter Blondel, goldsmith, 12 livres 15 sols, for having wrought, besides the dukes silver seal, two clasps…
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