Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 216
school of art, but itcertainly obtained in Spain, as is proved by the splendid ivory boxmade for Ziyad ibn Afiah in a.h. 359, a.d. 969, now in the SouthKensington Museum, on which are various spirited representationsof figures and animals, even winged centaurs, closely resemblingthe Mosil… … FIG 72.—IVORY INK-HORN. (South Kensington Museum.) CHAPTER VII. METAL-WORK. 1. Brass and Bronze Inlay. Saracenic metal-work, so far as we are acquainted with existingdated specimens, begins in Mesopotamia in the early part of thethirteenth century of our era. That the art must, however, havebeen…
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