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Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 54
e for the sum of ^31 105. The volume was apparently rebound in red morocco some timeduring the 18th century, and an ivory carving of the 9th or iothcentury was mounted upon the obverse cover. It is evident thatthe ivory was intended for the decoration of a book-cover, and itis probable that the… … Plate I. EVANGELIARIUM. MS. ON VELLUM. X™ CENTURY. In red morocco, with ivory carving of the Carlovingian school, inserted. PLATE I. 3 Professor J. O. Westwood thus describes the subjects of thiscurious relic of early Christian art:— In the large central compartment is a very beautiful figure of…
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