The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 581
wo silver-gilt clasps, boundin blue, with a golden eagle with two heads and red talons, to which isattached a little silver-gilt instrument for turning over the leaves, withthree escutcheons of the same arms, covered with a red velvet chemise. * * Garni de deux fermaulx dargent, dorez, armoiez… … Fg- 383— Fragment of an engraved and stamped Binding in an unknown Material (Fifteenth Century),representing the mystical Chase of the Unicorn, which is taking refuge in the lap of the Virgin.(Public Library, Rouen. BOOKBINDING. The chemise was a sort of pocket in which certain valuable books…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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