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Article THE HAMILTON MANUSCRIPTS. ← Page 6 of 6 Article THE GRANGE. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Hamilton Manuscripts.
library of the Bendicfcine Monastery at Stavelot , in Belgium , is beautifully written in the characters known as " Minuscules Carlo vingiennes . " The beginning of each book is executed-tn letters of gold , and the first page of each Gospel is decorated in the style of the celebrated Missal of Charles le Chauve , preserved in the National Library at Paris .
Evangelistarium sive Evangelia IV . per Anni circulum . A Greek manuscript of the eleventh century , richly decorated with thirty-three miniatures by a Byzantine artist , painted in vivid colours on a gold ground . Among the manuscripts of historic interest , the foremost place is
occupied by a collection of English State papers , relating to the history of England and Scotland between 1532-85 . It comprises upwards of 1200 documents and autograph letters , including several in the hand of James V . of Scotland , and Queen Margaret , sister of Henry VIILand others , from nearly all the statesmen who moved in
, that important period of our history . We have reason to believe that it is not even now too late to secure these important papers for this
country .
The Grange.
THE GRANGE .
BY J . TATLOW . TS this much altered scene the place - * - I fondly fancied ne ' er would change ?
Here stands the bridge , and there I trace The sombre outline of the Grange . It looms against the azure sky , With hoary walls no longer hid
By beech and elm , that , waving high , Of old the pathways canopied . Base is yon churl , whose shameless lust For gold employed the woodman ' s stroke ,
To bring those giants to the dust , And spared not e ' en the noble oak—
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Hamilton Manuscripts.
library of the Bendicfcine Monastery at Stavelot , in Belgium , is beautifully written in the characters known as " Minuscules Carlo vingiennes . " The beginning of each book is executed-tn letters of gold , and the first page of each Gospel is decorated in the style of the celebrated Missal of Charles le Chauve , preserved in the National Library at Paris .
Evangelistarium sive Evangelia IV . per Anni circulum . A Greek manuscript of the eleventh century , richly decorated with thirty-three miniatures by a Byzantine artist , painted in vivid colours on a gold ground . Among the manuscripts of historic interest , the foremost place is
occupied by a collection of English State papers , relating to the history of England and Scotland between 1532-85 . It comprises upwards of 1200 documents and autograph letters , including several in the hand of James V . of Scotland , and Queen Margaret , sister of Henry VIILand others , from nearly all the statesmen who moved in
, that important period of our history . We have reason to believe that it is not even now too late to secure these important papers for this
country .
The Grange.
THE GRANGE .
BY J . TATLOW . TS this much altered scene the place - * - I fondly fancied ne ' er would change ?
Here stands the bridge , and there I trace The sombre outline of the Grange . It looms against the azure sky , With hoary walls no longer hid
By beech and elm , that , waving high , Of old the pathways canopied . Base is yon churl , whose shameless lust For gold employed the woodman ' s stroke ,
To bring those giants to the dust , And spared not e ' en the noble oak—