The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... France after one sort , and among the Parthians after another . M. Varro writeth that within the temple of Sangus there continued unto the time that he wrote his booke the wooll that lady Tanaquil , other- wise named Caia Cecilia , spun ...
... France after one sort , and among the Parthians after another . M. Varro writeth that within the temple of Sangus there continued unto the time that he wrote his booke the wooll that lady Tanaquil , other- wise named Caia Cecilia , spun ...
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... France . " No insignificant proof this of the mechanical skill of the eleventh century . We are told that Pope Eutychianus , who lived in the reign of the Emperor Aurelian , buried in dif- ferent places 342 martyrs with his own hands ...
... France . " No insignificant proof this of the mechanical skill of the eleventh century . We are told that Pope Eutychianus , who lived in the reign of the Emperor Aurelian , buried in dif- ferent places 342 martyrs with his own hands ...
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... France , was a large silver peacock , whose train was set with sapphires and pearls , and other precious jewels , wrought with silver . This elegant piece of jewellery was used as a reservoir for sweet waters , which were forced out of ...
... France , was a large silver peacock , whose train was set with sapphires and pearls , and other precious jewels , wrought with silver . This elegant piece of jewellery was used as a reservoir for sweet waters , which were forced out of ...
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... France , Arm'd with hauberk and with lance , And helmet glittering in the air , As if a warrior - knight he were , Rushed forth the minstrel Taillefer- Borne on his courser swift and strong , He gaily bounded o'er the plain , And raised ...
... France , Arm'd with hauberk and with lance , And helmet glittering in the air , As if a warrior - knight he were , Rushed forth the minstrel Taillefer- Borne on his courser swift and strong , He gaily bounded o'er the plain , And raised ...
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... France , By Lucius thither led ; those Armies that while ere Affrighted all the world , by him strooke dead with feare : Th ' report of his great Acts that over Europe ran , In that most famous field he with the Emperor wan : As how ...
... France , By Lucius thither led ; those Armies that while ere Affrighted all the world , by him strooke dead with feare : Th ' report of his great Acts that over Europe ran , In that most famous field he with the Emperor wan : As how ...
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