Architecture : an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 143
Venice; it bears the monogram ofJustinian, and was probably brought fromConstantinople. But the capital at Berlin andseveral other carved stones show that thecurious large-veined leaf was of Coptic origin.Another class is formed by the basket capitalswhich are carved into interlacing bands… … Fig. 26. EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 141 W work than anything else. Several varieties ofbasket capital have been found of Egyptianlimestone, but this particular kind of capital,although examples are in the Cairo Museum,is always, I believe, of marble. There is anexcellent basket capital of limestone in…
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