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Title: Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance

Author: P. L. Jacob

Release date: May 7, 2024 [eBook #73559]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Bickers & Son, 1870

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND AT THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE ***

Fig. 403.—The Adoration of the Lamb by the Elders and Virgins of the Apocalypse.—Centre Panel of the Triptych painted on wood by Jean Van Eyck, and preserved in the Church of St. Bavon, at Ghent (Fifteenth Century).

MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS
LIFE IN
THE MIDDLE AGES
AND AT THE PERIOD OF
THE RENAISSANCE

By PAUL LACROIX

(Bibliophile Jacob)

CURATOR OF THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY OF THE ARSENAL, PARIS

Illustrated with

UPWARDS OF FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD

LONDON
BICKERS & SON, LEICESTER SQUARE