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International studio (1897)

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An illustration from International studio, 1897, leaf 32
omantic meaning and not that which is plainlywoven upon its face. The reason that almost all mediaeval pictures arereligious is not due to Mr. de Kays novel but mis-taken idea that churches were more substantialthan castles and that pictures preserved in theformer, therefore, outlasted those in the… … AN A.N.\LNC1A1U)N 15TH CKNTIKV French fashions of the fifteenth century. Themediaeval artist usually ga\-e his pictures contem-porary settings. The clothing, the armour and thehouses are those the artist saw and knew, andevery student of the middle ages finds in this factthe chief charm of…

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