The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 243
of the Magifollowed by their retinue; the Magi prostrating themselves and tenderingtheir presents. During the ceremony two trumpets sounded: then allvanished, to re-appear the following hour. Until the end of the thirteenth century, clocks were destined exclusively «78 HOROLOGY. to public buildings… … Fig. 147.—A portable Clock of the time of the ValoisT France, in Italy, and in Germany, about the commencement of the four-teenth century; but naturally they were at first so costly that only nobles HOROLOGY. and wealthy persons could obtain them. But an impulse was* given whichled to the…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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