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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 185

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 185
and bracteate-like pendants in gold workedinto a cruciform shape, but these are not always convincing,for the arrangement of a design in fours may very well pro-duce this appearance without any religious intent, and thewell-known shape of the equal-armed cross, in which the arms 1 Norfolk… … n8 THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY increase in width as they diverge, will necessarily form itselfif any one divide a round disc like a pendant into eightspaces by radiating lines. There is no reasonto suspect the Roman enamelled brooch atChesters, Fig. 2, of Christian leanings becausethe spaces are so…

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