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... century , beds became more decorative , with much carved work on the bedhead and bedposts . A well - known English Elizabethan bed is the Great Bed of Ware ( Vic- toria and Albert Museum , London ) , which is 10 feet 11 inches ( 3.33 m ) ...
... century , beds became more decorative , with much carved work on the bedhead and bedposts . A well - known English Elizabethan bed is the Great Bed of Ware ( Vic- toria and Albert Museum , London ) , which is 10 feet 11 inches ( 3.33 m ) ...
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... century ; the printed books of that period are known as incunabula . The book made possible a revolution in thought and scholarship that became evident by the 16th century : the sources lay in the capacity of the press to multiply ...
... century ; the printed books of that period are known as incunabula . The book made possible a revolution in thought and scholarship that became evident by the 16th century : the sources lay in the capacity of the press to multiply ...
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... century Italian polyphonic genre as well as an important type of instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries . In 18th- and 19th - century music , canzona refers to a lyrical song or songlike instrumental piece . The 16th - century ...
... century Italian polyphonic genre as well as an important type of instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries . In 18th- and 19th - century music , canzona refers to a lyrical song or songlike instrumental piece . The 16th - century ...
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Europe Beckford returned to England where | 239 |
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 297 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 518 |
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