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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 141

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icularly good one, PL iv, 11, that occurs with theMerovingian reverse of a bird on the top of a cross, reckonedas later than 600, and it is an interesting fact that only theother day a coin, so like this that one would think it must havebeen struck by the same moneyer, came to light in the graveof… … All silver, enlarged from i; to 2J diameters PROFILE HEADS 85 sometimes a cross, but is also commonly a cup, and occasion-ally a bird. PI. vi, Nos. 1 to 7 give specimens. Noteworthyin several of these is the arrangement of the hair. Thestarting point is no doubt the Roman fillet, as in PL 1, 2,…

Art · Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Church architecture · Crosses · Decoration and ornament, Celtic · Inscriptions, Runic

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