The illustrations in the vellummanuscript certainly seem to be nearer the originals than those in this coarser paper one.
But the picture of the boat with outriggers, illustrating the customs of the Ladrone Islands, is much more artistic in the vellum manuscript than it is in Amoretti’s engraving.
Tross, of Paris, in 1872, issued a vellum fac-simile reprint in ten copies.
Henry Stevens, in 1878, issued a fac-simile edition made by Harris after a vellum copy in the Grenville Collection, accompanied by a translation, with an historical and bibliographical introduction.
This sketch follows a copy by Kohl (Washington Collection) of the general map of the world, contained in a manuscript vellum atlas in the British Museum (no.
Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family.
The right hand held a book written upon vellum with golden letters: this book which is called T.
Under this gate I was again to give my name, which was this last time written down in a little vellum book, and immediately with the rest dispatched to the Lord Bridegroom.
The books Paolo spoke of were conspicuous, many of them, by their white vellum binding and tasteful gilding, showing that probably they had been bound in Rome, or some other Italian city.
She saw it in her own mind, instead of on the vellum which she held in her hand.
It consists of a frame or vessel forming a resonant cavity, over one or both ends of which is stretched a skin or vellum set in vibration by direct percussion of hand or stick.
The sound is produced by striking the centre of the vellum on the one end of the drum with a stick having a large soft round knob composed of wood covered with cork, sponge or felt.
The pitch of the sound is determined by the dimensions of the vellum taken in conjunction with the degree of tension, the pitch varying in acuteness directly with the degree of tension and inversely with the size of the vellum.
The tension of the vellum is controlled by means of leather braces which are made to slide up and down the zig-zag of cord, slackening or tightening the large hoops, and with them the vellum, at the will of the performer.
Putting the pleasant thought aside, he opened the roll, and with exceeding tenderness of touch brought forth a sheet of vellum dry to brittleness, and yellow as a faded sycamore leaf.
A sheet of vellum was exposed lying on the covered palm.
I say, rightly understood; for Lord Lindsay supposes the circle to have been mechanically drawn by turning the sheet of vellum under the hand, as now constantly done for the sake of speed at schools.
An old white haired man clad in a scholar's robes totters on, bearing with difficulty a large vellum bound book.
Besides these there are vast numbers of Irish manuscript books in Dublin and elsewhere, both vellum and paper, having no special names, all containing important and interesting pieces.
The most general material used for writing on was vellum or parchment, made from the skins of sheep, goats, or calves.
It is a copy of the Four Gospels in Latin, written onvellum in the seventh or eighth century.
Last came the Western King, quite alone (save for the two Queens), bearing in his hand the vellum scroll, the record of his arbitration.
When the flag which was in the yacht's prow was almost opposite the armoured fort, the Western King held up a roll of vellum handed to him by one of his officers.
I know that a vellum page is a luxury, coveted always by the refined book-collector; but it has long since ceased to be anything else.
The archbishop brought the vellum and the holy cup, and knelt at the bedside; and others had brought lighted candles, twelve in number, each held by a prelate or priest who stood in semicircle about the bed.
That evening as she sat with a taper at her reading-desk, the purple vellum leaves of George of Pisidia's learned epic brought little forgetfulness.
He was sitting on the top of the steps, when she approached him carrying six vellum bound volumes in her arms, Sir Joseph's edition of Euripides of which the notes exceeded the text.
The very touch of the vellum thrilled him with an almost sensual rapture.
Seals with letters cut in relief were smeared with colour and impressed on vellum or paper long before the invention of printing.
Besides its lack of illustrations, the xylographic Donatus is unique among block-books from the fact that it was printed on vellum and not on paper, and (another unusual feature) on both sides of the leaf.
Vellum was dear, and had to be made the most of, and no doubt was used only because a paper book would have fared badly at the hands of the schoolboys.
The Biblia Pauperum is on paper, as paper was cheaper than vellum and considered quite good enough for the purpose.
But it was also found that vellum leaves were apt to curl strongly, and to counteract this tendency strong wooden boards were put on each side.
The method of folding vellum into pages seems to have been first followed about the 5th century.
A vellum copy of the first printed Bible (Mainz, c.
Rolls of papyrus, vellum or paper were written upon in three ways, (1) In short lines, at right angles to the length of the roll.
In 1785 John Edwards of Halifax patented a method of making vellum transparent, and using it as a covering over delicate paintings.
The band of leather, vellum or parchment which closed the book was often used for the inscription of the title, which was thus on the fore-edge instead of on the back.
I have a suspicion that the phrase in the vellum manner may have some obsolete meaning; and submit this note to the consideration of those who are in search of a vellum-bound Junius.
These scraps ofvellum are described as about six inches square, smeared with glue or brown varnish, or stained with ochre, to give them an appearance of age.
The originals were printed from a copy which Davies, the author of the Welsh dictionary, had made of an ancient vellum MS.
He had not, of course, seen that wonderful painting on Vellumwhich Rabbi Cohen had shown Ralph Bastin.
The bulk of the vellum surface was occupied with an enormous oblong enclosure.
Would Mollie guess how her lover's heart beat almost to suffocation as he looked at the white vellum book with its clustering pansies?
Small 8vo, vellum cloth, cover design in gold and colors, gilt tops, slip covers, in cloth case.
Small 8vo, handsomely bound in white vellum cloth, with cover design in gold and colors, gilt top, uncut edges, with slip covers in scarlet.
Small 8vo, tastefully bound in white vellum cloth, illuminated in gold and colors, gilt top, uncut edges, with slip cover in scarlet.
Small 8vo, vellum cloth, illuminated in gold and colors, gilt tops, with slip cover, in cloth case.
The extent of the place and its situation are written on the vellum that is within this.
A few among these patient expectants grasped rolls of vellum in their hands; the rest held nosegays of rare flowers, or supported in their arms small statues and pictures in mosaic.
The sauce is composed, and I have just concluded on this vellum the ode that is to introduce it at my table.
I have endeavoured, I know not how often, to catch his eye; but the man will look at nothing but his roll of vellum or the corners of the room.
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