The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 61
e from Edwardss workdrawings of 1. The ink-bottle and reed pen, and manu-script unrolled. Fig. 1. 2. A box filled with the volumes. Fig. 2.The book collections of the Middle Ages were contained, (1) in the monasteries, and (2) in the palaces; but the former were muchthe most important. The monks,… … THE LIBRARY. 55 with whom by and by were associated the illuminators. This roomwas the Scriptorium, and here were made most of the books of theMiddle Ages; here, too, was born for modern times pictorial art.The illuminators and miniature-painters of those days were manyof them artists in feeling-…
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