Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 366
other mosaics illustrating the transitional artof the fifth century. The design of one.2 with its central medallion containinga nimbed lamb within a wreath, still recalls catacomb art, though the back-ground is here of gold. Bat the style of certain details (birds and vases. &e.)resembles that… … Fig. 206. Ornament in mosaic, Sta Sophia, Constantinople. (After Salzenberg.) halves filled by rich acanthus scrolls diverging from a point in the middleof the base. In a border below are a lamb and white doves, representingChrist and the Evangelists; below again is a jewelled cross of the…
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