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 480
h centuryof our era. Admitting that time destroys all, and also that the work of therude tribes on many occasions assisted this natural cause of destruction, wemust not forget that at certain periods, to supply the place of new parch-ment when it was scarce, a plan had been devised of making… … Fig. 328.—Aliniature of the Ninth Century, representing an Evangelist who is transcribing with the Cahitiuis.on Parchment, the Sacred Text, of which he is receiving the revelation.(Ribl. de Rourgogne, Brussels.) 4i6 PARCHMENT AND PAPER. for a similar purpose, either by scraping and rubbing tliem…
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