the ancients had not chimnies forconveying the smoke through the walls as wehave; hence they were much infested with it ;hence, also, the images in the hall were calledfumosse, and December fumosus (smoky), fromthe use of fires in that month. They burnedwood, which they were at great pains to… … O great space of timemust elapse, ere theimportance of thestudy of heraldry tothe decorator, willbecome obvious toall. Forming, as itdoes, a connectinglink between pastages and the present,its value even be-comes the greaterwhen we considerthat it affords an in-exhaustible varietyof ornament,…
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