Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 528
nne enamels with portrait busts made in Europe beforeA.D. 900 lead to the inference that early Byzantine models with similarsubjects must have been known in the West, and that their absence frommodern collections is due to their loss and destruction. The mostremarkable of the Western productions is… … 504 ENAMEL medallion with a bust very roughly executed, but apparently showingByzantine influence.1 The gold setting of this brooch is identical incharacter with the work upon the gold cross of the Lombard King Agilulfpreserved in the sacristy of the cathedral at Monza, and there wouldappear to be…
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