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 86
us,having reference to the Lord,and the other four to theEvangelists. Occasionallythe symbolic images of theEvangelists,—the angel, thelion, the ox, and the eagle,—are represented within thesecircles. These symbolic imagesof the Evangelists are fre-quently applied as the principal decoration of a… … Old Leather Case. 64 BYZANTINE ORNAMENT. The hand, in the attitude of benediction, is another charac-teristic element in early Christian and medieval works of art.There is a distinction between the Greek and the Latin form,—the Greek symbolising Jesus Christ, expressing his Greek mono-gram, IC. XC,…
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