Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 182
noble triforium screen in the church of St. Barbara, andanother in the church of St. Sergius (Abu-Sargah), in Old Cairo,are decorated with warrior saints and beasts much after the modelof the horsemen of Mesopotamian art. There may of course be aconnection between these and Kalauns panels,… … FIG. 56.—LATTICE-WOEK. (So?tth Kensington Museum.) from Byzantine models, with which they show more affinity thanwith the Mosil style. Had these carvings been derived from theMesopotamian school, we should expect to find a prevailing hunt-ing character, interspersed with scenes of festivity,…
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