Old picture books; with other essays on bookish subjects (1902)
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, Pollard, Alice · London : Methuen and co. · leaf 32
ntly inspired by thesame aims. The same types (our only means of fixingthe printers of these dateless little books), were used inmany of the works of both the series, and it does not seemfanciful to believe that Savonarola, either directly orthrough some trusted disciple, was nearly as intimately… … FROM SAVONAROLAS DELLA ORATIONE MENTALE, S.A. appeared the first typical Florentine woodcut was notwithout interest for our subject. Jacopone da Todi,whom the cut exhibits kneeling in an ecstasy of prayerbefore a vision of the Blessed Virgin, was a Franciscan 20 OLD PICTURE BOOKS mystic, eccentric…
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