The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 225
e Magifollowed by their retinue ; the Magi prostrating themselves and tenderingtheir presents. During the ceremony two trumpets sounded: then allvanished, to re-appear the following hour. Until the end of the thirteenth century, clocks were destined exclusively A A .78 HOROLOGY to public buildings… … Fig. 147.—A portable Clock of tlie time of the Valoi France, in Italy, and in Gcrmmiy, about the commencement of the four-teenth century; but natniallv they wore at first so costlv that only nobles HOROLOGY. 179 and wealthy persons could obtain them. But an impulse was given whichled to the…
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