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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 176
only in Greek indicated the chastity for which she suffered (ayv^, ayvoc,chaste) ; but that in Latin it represented a lamb (agna), for she was humbleand debonayre as a lambe. (Golden Legend). The specimen of an ornamental pavement, at the foot of the preceding page,is taken from a MS. of the… … ►haw. CdDNSTANCIA DUC1ESS ©F JLANCASTE1, WIFE ©FJJOHN OF (GAUNT CONSTANCIA DUCHESS OF LANCASTER, WIFE OFJOHN OF GAUNT. MONG the most beautiful specimens of illuminated man-uscripts preserved in the British Museum, is the onefrom which the present plate is taken, and which is con-sidered so precious…Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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