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Romance of the French abbeys (1905)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 144

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s close at hand, a manufactoryowned by the great man who was the hon-oured head of our Order and who dearly lovedits citadel at Bourganeuf. But the uninstructed observer who gazes atthem in future days may well marvel at thesubjects chosen for these beautiful hangings,for certes they are little… … s < The Tapestries of Bourganeuf 99 great actions. They show only a sweet-facedlady surrounded by flowers and beasties ofthe wood. I am an old man now, and whenI am gone there will be no one who can tell thestory aright, and so I have thought best towrite it out lest fabrications arise…

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