The book of craftsmen; the story of men's handiwork through the ages (1900)
Bruce, Marjory · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 240
The Book of Craftsmen Let us go back now for a little while to the Middle Ages, before the time of wheeled coaches arid the reign of Carolus Rex. Let us go back to the days of the Plantagenets, when, in the great monas- teries up and down the country, monkish illuminators were doing … ANGLO-SAXON SAINTS From the Benedictional of St Ethelwold. exquisite work upon leaves of parchment or vellum. During the Dark Ages the monasteries had been the last refuge of art and of culture. If the patient monks had not persevered in making copies of the Scriptures and of various works of…
Decorative arts · Industrial arts
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