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 65
efabrics were called etoffes scu/pfees, or pleincs d^ycur. The librarian Anastasius, in his book the Liber Pontificabs, whichundoubtedly was written before the eleventh century, gives, when describingchurch decorations, some curious and circumstantial details regarding the d2 36 TAPESTRY subject we… … Fig. 27.—A piece of the Bayeaux Tapestry, representing the construction of Boats for William (with Border). having in the centre the Annunciation of the Virgin. This was to ornamentthe principal altar of the Holy Mother of God, at Eome. He also orderedfor the altar of the church of St. Lawrence, *…
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