BIBLIOGRAPHY 59 SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX 61 ILLUSTRATIONS MAP Facing Page 16 _Showing the principal centers of production of Gothic and early Renaissance tapestries_ TAPESTRIES _The Annunciation_ Facing Page 24 _The Chase_ 25 _The Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Announcement to the Shepherds_ 26 _Scenes from the Roman de la Rose_ 27 _The Vintage_ 30 _Entombment on Millefleurs_ 31 _Millefleurs with Shepherds and the Shield of the Rigaut Family_ 32 _Pastoral Scene_ 33 _The Creation of the World_ 34 _Four Scenes from the Life of Christ_ Facing Page 35 _The Triumph of David_ 38 _Two Pairs of Lovers_ 39 _Hannibal Approaches Scipio to Sue for Peace_ 40 _Cyrus Captures Astyages, His Grandfather_ 41 _The Crucifixion_ 42 _Grotesques_ 43 _Triumph of Diana_ 46 _The Niobides_ 47 _Scene from the History of Cleopatra_ 48 _Verdure_ 49 _Verdure with Dancing Nymphs_ 50 _The Conquest of Louis the Great_ 51 _The Poisoning of a Spy_ 54 _The Arms of France and Navarre_ 55 INTRODUCTION AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE ART OF TAPESTRY WEAVING [Illustration]