The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 512
te from the verycommencement of that period which is generaUy called theMiddle Ages ; that is to say, from the third and fourth centuries.Thèse paintings, of which there exist but two or three spéci-mens in the libraries of Europe, nevertheless offer, m theircorrectness and masterly beauty, the… … 444 MINIATURES IN MANUSCRIPTS. Another Yirgil, of the date of about a century later, and which, beforeits présentation to the Pope, was one of the most beautiful ornamentsof tbe ancient library of the Abbey of St. Denis, in France, containspaintings not less rcmarkable in respect of colour, biit…
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