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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 307

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hese are undoubtedly giftspresented by the emperors to their Germanic neighboursacross the Danube, and it is equally certain that they weremounted for suspension by barbarian goldsmiths. This isproved by the fact that in mounting the pieces the barbariangoldsmith has in some cases mutilated the… … Slightly under ^ natural sizeAll Continental ROMAN GOLD MEDALLIONS 529 PI. cxLiii, 4, where the triangular plaque below the attachmentfor suspension covers a good part of the sacro-sanct effigy.In the case of the medallion of Gratian, 367-383 a.d., part ofthe inscription at the back of the head is…

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