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 89
lled Bunic knot, is only aScandinavian version of the original Byzantine image,—the crushedsnake curling round the stem of the avenging cross. The cross,with two scrolls at the foot of it, typifying the snake, is another ofits modifications, and a very common Byzantine ornament. Theordinary…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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