Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 614
Rome. Many haveLatin inscriptions; the subjects often reproduce the legends of thepatron saints of Roman churches; portraits of popes also occur. More-over, as the greatest production began precisely at the time of the iconoclastpersecution, probability is in favour of manufacture in the West.1 The… … Fig. 370. Silk textile used for a seal-bag. (Chapter Library, Canterbury.) garments, but St. Eloi wore them in order to conform to custom; Gregoryof Tours speaks of silk altar-hangings in Gaul. Charlemagne himselfonly used rich textiles for festivals, but presented many to churches.3 It has already…
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