The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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Page 78
... King Arthur , when he fought the eighth battle against the Saxons , carried the " image of Christ and of the blessed Mary ( always a virgin ) upon his shoulders . " Over the tomb of Oswald , the great Christian hero , was laid a banner ...
... King Arthur , when he fought the eighth battle against the Saxons , carried the " image of Christ and of the blessed Mary ( always a virgin ) upon his shoulders . " Over the tomb of Oswald , the great Christian hero , was laid a banner ...
Page 128
... King Ryence's mantle , of rich scarlet , bordered round with the beards of kings , sewed thereon full craftily by accomplished female hands . Thus runs the anecdote in the Morte Arthur : - " Came a messenger hastely from King Ryence ...
... King Ryence's mantle , of rich scarlet , bordered round with the beards of kings , sewed thereon full craftily by accomplished female hands . Thus runs the anecdote in the Morte Arthur : - " Came a messenger hastely from King Ryence ...
Page 129
... King Arthur's beard , for King Ryence had purfeled a mantell with king's beards , and there lacked for one a place of the man- tell , wherefore he sent for his beard , or else he would enter into his lands , and brenn and slay , and ...
... King Arthur's beard , for King Ryence had purfeled a mantell with king's beards , and there lacked for one a place of the man- tell , wherefore he sent for his beard , or else he would enter into his lands , and brenn and slay , and ...
Page 130
... King Arthur , God save thee , and see ! Sir Ryence of Northgales greeteth well thee , And bids thee thy beard anon to him send , Or else from thy jaws he will it off rend . " For his robe of state is a rich scarlet mantle , With eleven ...
... King Arthur , God save thee , and see ! Sir Ryence of Northgales greeteth well thee , And bids thee thy beard anon to him send , Or else from thy jaws he will it off rend . " For his robe of state is a rich scarlet mantle , With eleven ...
Page 171
... king of France to Bajazet , and pro- bably there were few princes who did not possess a suit of tapestry on this ... Arthur , on the contrary , a very ( if history tell truth ) a very " so - so " sort of a man , having not one tithe of the ...
... king of France to Bajazet , and pro- bably there were few princes who did not possess a suit of tapestry on this ... Arthur , on the contrary , a very ( if history tell truth ) a very " so - so " sort of a man , having not one tithe of the ...
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