History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 329
te position of the latter, and the fact of their working in the samework-room (Fig. 82). This manuscript was evidently written about A.D. 1200in a German monastery. At the end of the text is a picture of the monkHeldebert at his writing-desk (which is in the shape of a lion), turning round 2 Q 29S… … Fig. 82. written this curse, Wicked mouse, provoking me again and again to anger,may God destroy thee! {Pessime mus, sepuis me provocas ad iram, ut te daisperdai). At his feet sits a young man, Everwinus, drawing an ornament forillumination. This is an interesting pictorial addition to whimsical…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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