Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 39
v. 665.) Our initial (or rather our two initials, for it represents two letters, S and I,a common occurrence in the earlier manuscripts) is taken from a fragmentof a Latin Bible, preserved with some other fragments in the British Museum.The manuscript, from which it was stolen at the begining of… … i CROSS FROM MOUNT ATHOS. E F O R E theChristian era,Mount Athoswas celebratedfor the lengthof its shadow(ingenti tellu-rem proximusumbra vestit.Stat.), whichwas said toreach as far asthe isle of Lem-nos, for themultitude of itshares (quot le-pores in Atho.Ovid.), and forhavingbeenthescene of one…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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