Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 404
gogue) of the Old Dispensation. The lower two-thirds of the right wing of thetriptych show Ahasuerus (known to the Greeks asXerxes) and Esther with attendants. The Latininscription reads: Cum osculata fuerat spectrumassueri esther scipho utitur regis pleno meri (WhenEsther had kissed the sceptre of… … 384 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN triptych show the Roman Emperor Augustus—hisname Octavianus being woven in the border below—and the Tiburtine Sibyl. The Latin inscriptionreads: Regent regum adoravit augustus imparator cumsibilla demonstravit quo patuit salvator (The Em-peror Augustus adored the King of…
Tapestry
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
