Chapter I: Chromolithographs

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1. The Annunciation. Fac-simile of Miniature taken from the “Hours” of Anne de Bretagne, formerly belonging to Catherine de Medicis FRONTISPIECE

2. Distaff and Bedposts of the Sixteenth Century 20

3. Adoration of the Magi. Bernese Tapestry of the Fifteenth Century 46

4. Paris in the Fifteenth Century. Beauvais Tapestry 50

5. Encaustic Tiles 58

6. Biberon of Henri Deux Faience 64

7. Casque, Morion, and Helmets 82

8. Entrance of Queen Isabella of Bavaria into Paris. From Froissart’s “Chronicles” 118

9. Jewelled Crosses of the Visigoths, found at Guarrazar. Seventh Century 124

10. Drageoir, or Table Ornament. German work 154

11. Clock of Damaskeened Iron of the Fifteenth Century; and Watches of the Sixteenth Century 180

12. Francis I. and Eleanor his Wife at their Devotions. Sixteenth Century 266

13. The Dream of Life, a Fresco by Orcagna 276

14. St. Catherine and St. Agnes, by Margaret van Eyck 300

15. Clovis the First and Clotilde his Wife 352

16. Decoration of La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris 386

17. Coronation of Charles the Fifth of France. From Froissart’s “Chronicles” 464

18. Panel of a Book-cover of the Ninth Century 472

19. Diptych of Ivory 474