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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages (1851)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873 · London, William Pickering · leaf 179

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ntenfe devotional feeling,and great individuality of character. Thefe are fo ftrongly marked thatit feems evident the picture was intended to be viewed at a confiderablediftance. Our plate is taken from the cope of one of the Saints, whois attired as a Bifhop ; Gold and filver are in all cafes… … The accompanying wood-cut is taken from a wonderfully elaborateand highly finimed picture in the porTeffion of Lord Ward, attributed toVan Eyk, but more probably the work of his pupil Hugues VanderGoes. It reprefents the Elevation of the Hoft, and the pattern here en-graved is diapered in gold on a…

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