The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived its name , and who was supposed to have made the canal , had ar- ranged the sluices for the introduction of the water , and established ...
... apparel might well be gorgeous . Diodorus says that when Moris , from whom the lake derived its name , and who was supposed to have made the canal , had ar- ranged the sluices for the introduction of the water , and established ...
Page 51
... apparel . Ciampini gives various instances . * What changes , says he , do not a long course of years produce ! Who now , except in the theatre , or at a carnival or masquerade ( spectaculis ac rebus ludiciis ) , would endure garments ...
... apparel . Ciampini gives various instances . * What changes , says he , do not a long course of years produce ! Who now , except in the theatre , or at a carnival or masquerade ( spectaculis ac rebus ludiciis ) , would endure garments ...
Page 62
... apparel were unknown elsewhere . * It was no proof of either the ignorance or the bad taste or the irreligion of the " dark " ages , that the religious edifices were fitted up with a rich and gorgeous solemnity which are unheard of in ...
... apparel were unknown elsewhere . * It was no proof of either the ignorance or the bad taste or the irreligion of the " dark " ages , that the religious edifices were fitted up with a rich and gorgeous solemnity which are unheard of in ...
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... apparel , above their ranks and fortunes . " : Sumptuary edicts , however , are of little avail , if not supported in " influential quarters . " King Richard II . affected the utmost splendour of attire , and he had one coat alone which ...
... apparel , above their ranks and fortunes . " : Sumptuary edicts , however , are of little avail , if not supported in " influential quarters . " King Richard II . affected the utmost splendour of attire , and he had one coat alone which ...
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... apparel for festival occasions . The proper officers are appointed to bring for the king on this occasion " a golden crown , a red satin mantle adorned with sapphires and pearls , a robe of the same , a tunic of white damask ; and ...
... apparel for festival occasions . The proper officers are appointed to bring for the king on this occasion " a golden crown , a red satin mantle adorned with sapphires and pearls , a robe of the same , a tunic of white damask ; and ...
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