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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 31

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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE III. 9 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE III. … seems to have aimed at nothing less than startling the reader by his eccentricities. The volume is numbered in the Catalogue, Additional MSS. 11,698, and contains a treatise on the art of war. The letters numbered in the Plate 6, 7, and 8, are from this book. The student will observe the simple…

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