The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 68
ver thread, combinedwith dyed wools and silk, was used, were named opus plumarii (work inimitation of birds plumage ; others—such, for example, as the veil of theHoly of Holies, which represented cherubim in the act of adoration—werecalled op%(s artifick (work of the artisan), because they were… … 38 TAPESTRF. tapestry delineating the mysteries of religion, and handing down to us therecollection of historical incidents. The palace of the kings of Babylon,says Philostratus, in the Life of Apollonius of Tj^ana, was ornamentedwith tapestries in gold and silver tissues, which recorded the…
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