The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 229
the Magifollowed by their retinue ; the Magi prostrating themselves and tenderingtheir présents. During the ceremony two trumpets sounded : then ailvanished, to re-appear the following hour. iJntil the end of the thirteenth century, clocks were destined exclusively 178 HOROLOGY. to public buildings… … Fig. 147.—A portable Clock of the time of the Aalois. lance, m Ihilv, and iu Germany, about tbe commencement of tbe four-teentb centuiy; but naturally tbey were at first so costlv tbat only nobles ; 1 HOROr.OGV. 179 iuid wealthy porsous coulcl obtaiii theni. Eut an impulse was given whicliled to…
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