Analysis of ornament : the characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1873)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 104
BYZANTINE ORNAMENT. 74 Byzantine and Gothic art, — the first having reference to the Trinity, the second to the four Evangelists, as the testimony of Christ, and to the cross ; at the extremities of which we often find four circles, besides the circle in the centre, which signifies the Lord. Thus,… … From a Gold Fibula. mon, either with the circle or nimbus in the centre, and four other circles or nimbi at the extremities, or com- posed simply of five cir- cles arranged in the form of the cross, — the centre circle, or nimbus , having reference to the Lord, and the other four to the Evan-…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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