Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 456
cted proves that these sovereign giftsto the great basilicas were by no means of costly materials, especiallyas compared with the preceding splendours of Rome, or the still moreastounding luxury of Alexandria through the Greek conquests of theEastern nations. To these rules of economical… … Frag,nents of Silk ,0 be seen at Coite in Switzerland, al,o in the South Kensington Mnse.n, Page 312. Ecclesiastical Embroidery. 313 From Anastasiuss mode of speaking of ecclesiasticalgarments, it appears that they were named in thetreasury catalogues after the animals represented onthem—the…
Embroidery · Needlework
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