Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 220
orked picture of St. Peter, surrounded by numerous other figures.The whole is bordered with a broad fringe of gold and purple thread. The initial letter on the foregoing page has been furnished by a printedbook of the end of the fifteenth century. In the earlier ages of printing itwas customary to… … CLOCK PRESENTED BY HENRY VIII. TOANNE BOLEYN. OME modern writers have very erroneously statedthat house clocks are of late invention. Thatthey were in use several centuries ago is shownby the number of allusions to them found in oldwriters. Sir Samuel Meyrick, in his learnedand instructive…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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