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 93
The free introduction of monsters and animals is likewise a characteristic of Greek and Roman ornament, — as the sphinx, the triton, the griffin, and others : they occur, however, much more abundantly in the Roman. The most splendid Roman ornamental specimens are those which have been dug up among… … Chimera.
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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