Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 410
eptres. All the figures have thenimbus, which, however, is not gold but very dark in the central part and in theouter part formed of bands of dark blue and a paler tint:l it is doubtful whetherthere was ever any cross in the nimbus of the infant Saviour. The exact shadeof the garments of Christ and… … Fig. 226. Cross and ornamentation in mosaic of the eighth century in the apse of St. Irene,Constantinople. (Byzantine Eesearch and Publication Fund.) P. 387. which are seen the letters H and V. Their wings are executed in imitation ofthose of peacocks with eyes,2 and they stand upon a green ground.…
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