Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 80
by a girdlethe colour to be changed every year ; and of a hood made of the same materialsas the surcoat. The initial letter on the preceding page is taken from a fine early printededition of the Commentary of Thomas dAquinas on the Gospels ; it is hardlynecessary to say, that the figure within the… … H.S3ia.w. TO BIT. FINE manuscript of the French translation, byGuiart de Moulins, of the Historia Scolastica ofPeter Comestor, has furnished the subject of theaccompanying plate. It was intended to repre-sent a scene in the history of Tobit, who isreclining on the couch, blind and sick, and has…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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