The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 532
from the verycommencement of that period which is generally called theMiddle Ages ; that is to say, from the third and fourth centuries.These paintings, of which there exist but two or three speci-mens in the libraries of Europe, nevertheless offer, in theircorrectness and masterly beauty, the… … 444 MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS. Another Virgil, of the date of about a century later, and which, beforeits presentation to the Pope, was one of the most beautiful ornamentsof the ancient library of the Abbey of St. Denis, in France, containspaintings not less remarkable in respect of colour, but…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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