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 481
or by boiling them in water or soaking in lime. There is no doubtbut the scarceness and the dearness of parchment was the cause of the lossof very many excellent works. Muratori cites, for example, a manuscript ofthe Ambrosian Library, of which the writing, dating from eight or ninecenturies back,… … Fig. 329.—View of the Ancient Abbey of St. Denis and its Dependencies. centuries, throughout Germany, that the Emperors put a stop to thisdangerous abuse by issuing an order to the notaries to use nothing butparchment quite new. Generally, the quality of parchment serves to determine the date ofits…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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