Monuments of the early church . Gerspach, director of the Gobelins. His professionaljudgment upon the technic of the art — upon the processes ofweaving, dyeing, and embroidery — is of course especially valu-able. They have been studied from a much broader and more 306 MIS on ARTS thoroughly archaeological point of view by Dr. R. Forrer; hisnumerous works (the most important of which are namedin the Bibliography) are profusely illustrated, chiefly in works refer almost exclusively to his own collection,which is a thoroughly representative one and forms an excel-lent basis for stud
Monuments of the early church . Gerspach, director of the Gobelins. His professionaljudgment upon the technic of the art — upon the processes ofweaving, dyeing, and embroidery — is of course especially valu-able. They have been studied from a much broader and more 306 MIS on ARTS thoroughly archaeological point of view by Dr. R. Forrer; hisnumerous works (the most important of which are namedin the Bibliography) are profusely illustrated, chiefly in works refer almost exclusively to his own collection,which is a thoroughly representative one and forms an excel-lent basis for study. It has a special interest for our purpose,because it is the collection richest in distinctively Christianembroideries. These excavations reveal a very simple mode of burial, whichremained the same from the third to the seventh century. Thebody, after the slightest process of embalming, was clothed inthe best garments, bound to a cypress bed, and without coffinor shroud buried at a depth of some five feet in the dry
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