Boy in a tunic top standing on a rock and blowing a long, narrow horn. Above the image is the phrase "Ex Libris." Below the image is the name "Edward Wilson Hewett." Edward Wilson Hewett, an artist and writer, is the eldest son...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....