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History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1906)

Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 314

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n the actions and theexternals of costume, completely given up ; but this was no loss, as they hadbeen applied with continually less and less intelligence, and classicism in itslast degeneracy had been merely an obstacle to the free play of fancy. Butmore especially do we find practice giving… … 286 HISTORY OF PAINTING. the twelfth century was the Pleasure Garden (Hortus Deliciarum) of Herrad ofLandsperg, Abbess of the convent of Hohenburg in Alsace.41 This book was un-fortunately burnt with the rest of the contents of the Strassburg Library duringthe siege in 1870; but we are justified in…

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