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 82
o Count Everards will, p. 66. BYZANTINE BINDINGS. 59 accepted only a copy of the Gospels, bound in gold and precious stones. Desiderius,who became abbot of the above monastery in 1058, provided it with many costly books ;and the Empress Agnes made many rich gifts to the Church, and among others a… … ANCIENT BINDING (? I ITH CENTURY) ORNAMENTED WITH GOLD AND JEWELS. {Formerly in the library of the Marquis de Ganay, now in South Kensington Museum.) treasure expended on the external decoration of books at this early period of the historyof Europe. It would not be right, however, to pass on…
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