A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 114
the shrine of the Stowe Missal, the older part of which seemsto have been made between the years 1025 and 1052. In the centre is a large rosetteof metal containing a crystal, from which spring the arms of a cross, terminatingin a border engraved with an inscription, and an interlaced ornament at… … THE CASE OF MOLAISes GOSPELS (UNDER SIDE), IRISH WORK, EARLY ELEVENTH CENTURY. {Photographed from the original in the museum of the Royal Irish Academy.) 8o A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. with interlaced work. The inscription implores the pious to pray for the soul ofa certain early Irish…
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