Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 84
after theRevolution, in 1789, they were purchased by Mon-seigneur de Cice, Archbishop of Aix, and restored tothe Cathedral. The scenes are framed in squareGothic columns, with verdure borders above andbelow, Gothic verdure in the foreground and Gothiccastles in the distance. Of the scenes, nos. 1,… … 76 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN is the coat of arms that occurs three times on thetapestries: on nos. 3, 4; 7, 8; 19, 20. M. Guiffreyspeaks of it as the arms of the house of Oktanton(sic) j extinct in the middle of the XVI century, andgives the inscription on it as Soli deo honor et gloria.On 9, 10 is a…
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