Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 415
enturies (coins of Leo VI, 390 PAINTING is a jewelled sacred monogram (of the type formed by two Greek crosses placedone over the other) in a blue medallion of different shades, upon which are goldstars representing the heavenly spheres: this motive occurs in numerousmosaics of the eleventh and… … Fig. 228. Our Lord : the Virgin and Child : t mosaics of the eleventh century, Church ofSt. Luke, Phocis. \Hautes Etudes : G. Millet.) P. 393. (p. 396), and the transitions from one tone to another are gradual and delicate.Black outlines are used to give the figures relief against the gold ground,…
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