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Needlework as art (1886)

Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 66

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her at Berdal, in Norway, was at once recognizedby M. Lorange as being undoubtedly Irish. There are many otherinstances of evident Celtic Christian art found on the west coast ofNorway under similar conditions—probably spoil from the BritishIslands, which were subject to the descents of the pagan… … Style. 31 comes out of their tombs, in which the warrior was laidwith all his arms and his horse and his precious pos-sessions, splendidly clothed according to his degree—in the belief that he would need them again in a futureworld. This northern tradition was so long-lived, thatFrederick Casimir,…

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