Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 137
represented in the celebrated picture of St. Cecilia byRaphael. In our initial letter, we come again to the costume and mode of thinking ofthe west. It is taken from a fine manuscript of the beginning of the fourteenthcentury (MS. Sloane, No. 2435), containing the once popular poem byGautier de… … husbandman or labourer. The costume of each class is exhibited with greatnicety. The following passage of the Image du Monde (a poetical treatise ongeneral science) is that to which our initial forms the illustration, and setsforth the doctrine of our forefathers on this subject. Et philosophe qui…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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