Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 62
habit of reading had fallen into disuse,stores of rich and rare manuscripts of the early ages writtenin uncial characters, authoritative copies of the Scriptures,and other inestimable treasures. But the visit of MM. Didron and Durand disclosed thingseven more interesting to the artist. They… … Cimahues Madonna. Church of Sta. Maria Novella, Florence. cloister to cloister, and from church to church, and foundthem all illuminated with the tall rigid figures draped in thesymbolic colours, the folds falling in the same stiff series oflines, and the same inscriptions written on the gilded or…
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