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Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 288

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HT OF THE BISHOP. BEAUVAIS. importance and the most artistic and famous of theindustries of Beauvais. Their type did not developafter the sombre-hued, handsome, but archaic formsof other noted schools of weaving. It followed the Beauvais 265 Italian methods, not the stiffer fancies of the… … TAPESTRIES RECALL . . . THE MOST ARTISTIC AND FAMOUS OK THEINDUSTRIES OF BEAUVAIS. Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus are executedwith infinite skill; and the tapestry near the Southerndoor, the Miraculous Fishing which illustrates thefifth chapter of Saint Luke, is particularly charmingin…

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