A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, editor, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 84
ment of the sixthcentury Persian art began to affect the school of Byzantium. During the long andglorious reign of Justinian (A.D. 527—565) art maintained its position at Constantinople 1 Du Sommerard, Album to Les Arts au Moyen Age, Tom. v. of the text, pp. 107, 162 ; PlateXXIX. in Album ; the… … CARVED IVORY COVER (OBVERSE) OF THE PSALTER OF QUEEN MELISSENDA. ? I 2th CENTURY. (From the original in the British Museum.J BYZANTINE BINDINGS. 61 without progress and without decline, and professed long afterwards to adhere faithfullyto its old traditions; but from that period it began to develop…
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