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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 113

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£, Shaw. CANDLESTICKS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. … epithets, rodoresdel (the candleven), wyn-candelliana is termedrestricted sense ARIOUS allusions in oldwriters show that the useof candles, such as we nowunderstand by that name,is of considerable antiquity.They are exhibited in An-glo-Saxon illuminations, atleast as far back as the tenthcentury.…

Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval

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