SILVER TEXTURES, ETC., OF THE ANCIENTS.
EXTREME BEAUTY OF THESE MANUFACTURES.
Magnificent dress worn by Herod Agrippa, mentioned in Acts xii.
21--Josephus’s account of this dress, and dreadful death of
Herod--Discovery of ancient Piece-goods--Beautiful manuscript
of Theodolphus, Bishop of Orleans, who lived in the ninth
century--Extraordinary beauty of Indian, Chinese, Egyptian, and other
manufactured goods preserved in this manuscript--Egyptian arts--Wise
regulations of the Egyptians in relation to the arts--Late discoveries
in Egypt by the Prussian hierologist, Dr. Lepsius--Cloth of glass 93