Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 92
ducing great andbeautiful books, and commencing a series of French illu-minations which did not cease till the 16th century. In CHAKLEMAGNE AND CHARLES THE BALD. 75 all Byzantine decoration gold forms an essential part, andfor many ages the gilded groimds were continued, evenwhen moveable pictures… … French Miniature, Eleventli Century. Charles the Bald was a worthy successor to Charlemagnein his love of the art of miniature-painting, and a book pre-sented solemnly to him by the canons of St. Martin, writtenby Ingbert (Ingobertus), now in the Imperial Library ofParis, is a noble specimen of the…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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