Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 326
his visit and summoned the accusers ofthe pope to appear before his tribunal. As they did not dare to put in anappearance, he declared that the holy father should be allowed to justifyhimself on oath. Then in the great cathedral of St. Peter, in the presence ofa vast concourse of people, Leo, with… … Fig. 208.—Byzantine Dalmatic, said to have belonged to Leo III., but probably dating from theTwelfth Century, preserved in the Treasury of St. Peters at Rome. Upon this garment, whichis of dark-blue silk, are several designs embroidered in gold and colours. The most remark-able is one upon the…
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