The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... magnificent senators , magnificent warriors , magnificent men ; but they were a people trained from the cradle for exhibition and publicity ; domestic life was quite cast into the shade . Con- sequently and necessarily their women were ...
... magnificent senators , magnificent warriors , magnificent men ; but they were a people trained from the cradle for exhibition and publicity ; domestic life was quite cast into the shade . Con- sequently and necessarily their women were ...
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... magnificent court of Menelaus- a bright damsel train attend the guests With liquid odours and embroider'd vests . ” " Give to the stranger guest a stranger's dues : Bring gold , a pledge of love ; a talent bring , A vest , a robe . " in ...
... magnificent court of Menelaus- a bright damsel train attend the guests With liquid odours and embroider'd vests . ” " Give to the stranger guest a stranger's dues : Bring gold , a pledge of love ; a talent bring , A vest , a robe . " in ...
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... magnificently wrought as to be destined as a present by some lofty abbot to the pope himself , like those which Robert , Abbot of St. Alban's , sent to the Pope Adrian the Fourth ; and which alone , out of a mul- titude of the richest ...
... magnificently wrought as to be destined as a present by some lofty abbot to the pope himself , like those which Robert , Abbot of St. Alban's , sent to the Pope Adrian the Fourth ; and which alone , out of a mul- titude of the richest ...
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... magnificent pall , in the days in which this garment had lost its primitive character , that taxed the skill and the patience of the fair needlewoman . It was about the year a . D. 601 that Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into ...
... magnificent pall , in the days in which this garment had lost its primitive character , that taxed the skill and the patience of the fair needlewoman . It was about the year a . D. 601 that Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into ...
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... magnificent , Croyland Abbey . It was " that beautiful and costly sphere , most curiously constructed of different metals , ac- cording to the different planets . Saturn was of cop- per , Jupiter of gold , Mars of iron , the Sun of ...
... magnificent , Croyland Abbey . It was " that beautiful and costly sphere , most curiously constructed of different metals , ac- cording to the different planets . Saturn was of cop- per , Jupiter of gold , Mars of iron , the Sun of ...
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adorned ages amongst ancient apparel arras Bayeux tapestry beautiful Bishop castle century Charlemagne church circumstance cloth of gold colours court covered crowned Croyland Abbey dames daughter decorated dress Edward the Confessor Elizabeth embroidered embroidery England English ephod exquisite Faerie Queene fair fashion feathers female France French Gammer garments gentle Gobelins gold thread hair Hampton Court hand hangings Harold hath Henry Hodge holy honour Julius Cæsar King King Arthur knight labours ladies Lady Jane Grey linen Lord magnificent mantle ment needle needlewoman needlework neele noble ornamental painted palace palace of Westminster patterns peacock pearls pennon person pieces Pope present prince purple Queen reign rich richly robes romance round royal says sent sewing silk silver skill sort splendid stitch supposed tapestry taste thou tion various vellum velvet vestments walls women woven wrought Ywaine