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Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 412

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riarch Jacob didthis, who placed his hands on two children. The fragment of the inscription referring toBaptism reads: Writers of scripture, by holybaptism purified, water of Jordan washed, withthe first two-thirds of the three lines missing. The last two subjects of the tapestry are Marriageand… … 392 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN celebration of these two sacraments is shown in thetwo scenes labelled Marriage and Extreme Unction—mounted wrong side out, but reversed to their originalposition on plates nos. I and 2. The two inscriptionsread: And Extreme Unction, which against temptationby its virtue…

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