Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1860)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 103
rance of the new moon; it occurs on old Byzantinecoins. Constantinople was not captured by the Turks until 1453. One of the greatest works produced under these circumstanceswas the magnificent mosque of Touloun at Cairo, a monument ofthe ninth century (876 a.d.), and the recorded work of a… … P. 13. Albambra Diaper. / SARACENIC ORNAMENT. 73 peculiar forms, we have combined several of the most popularancient ornaments in their Byzantine garb, but somewhat morethan ordinarily modified, as the fret, anthemion, the guilloche, thehorns of plenty, and the fleur-de-lis. The more characteristic…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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