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The arts in early England (1915)

Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1849-1932, Webster, Adam Blyth, 1882- · New York, E.P. Dutton · leaf 527

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1915, leaf 527
as combining some earlymotives, such as the quatrefoil in the centre of the foot ofNo. 3, with very late ones as in the debased animal ornamenton the head of No. 2. Of special significance as indicating anadvanced period are the * S shaped patterns of filigree sur-rounding a set stone on the disc… … DEGRADED ANIMAL ORNAMENT 343 on each side of the head of No. 3. These spirals are evidentlyintended to mark the articulation of the leg with the body andfor the reasons given above they look towards the end of thatcentury. There are similar spirals also in the lower corners ofthe central panel of…

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