Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 280
Christianized as early as the middleof the sixth century, and, favored by the position of the island, thedevelopment of its civilization was exceptionally undisturbed. Itsornamental painting far surpassed that of all the other countries ofthe North in careful and intelligent treatment of outline… … western Germany, and even in Lombardy, carried the illuminatedmanuscripts throughout a large part of Europe. Almost as manyhave been preserved in the cloisters of the Continent as on the isl-and itself, these being more frequently referable to wandering Irishilluminators, and to the cultivation of…
Art, Medieval
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