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Lessons in the art of illuminating : a series of examples selected from works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington Museum (1895)

Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911, author · London ; Glasgow : Blackie & Son · leaf 55

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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IX. 33 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IX. (frontispiece.) … and is described by Mr. S. W. Kershaw, f.s.a., in his book on the Art Treasures of the Lambeth Library, who assigns it to the early part of the fifteenth century. ] The illuminations in this book are admirable examples of what is known as i the English flower pattern, a style, as we have already…

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