Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 65
ere justly cele- brated, and their services were secured whenever possible. The later side of the binding is one of the finest existingspecimens of Carlovingian art. It is radically different fromthe earlier side and was probably added about the eleventhor twelfth century. In the centre is a large… … ROLLS, BOOKS AND BOOKBINDINGS. 53 the arms of the cross are angels worked in repousse, andrich bosses of gold and jewels, raised on arcades of openwork. The border is of great richness, and is thicklysown with large jewels cut en cabochon, many of thempierced longitudinally, betraying in all…
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