Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 39
eign that the greatest destruc-tion of images took place; mosaics were torn down, frescoes defaced,pictures and manuscripts burned. . This violence was followed by a shortreaction : for a while the Empress Irene restored the cult of images. Butunder later emperors, especially Leo the Armenian and… … Fig. 7. The Emperor enthroned, with guards : part of the Consular diptyr-.h of the 5th-6thcentury in the Cathedral of Halberstadt. (From Archasologia.) P. 197. It may at first sight appear strange that a movement to outwardseeming so largely negative should have exerted a lasting influence on…
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