Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 652
lluminated manuscript. But manuscriptor other portraits are rare; and even when the comparison can be effected,the very conventional way in which on the coins the eyes are renderedby a circle or a pellet makes it in most cases difficult to decide in favourof a faithful representation. The coins of… … 628 VARIOUS OBJECTS faced head introduced in A. r>. 538 may be a portrait, as it agrees in generalwith the description of Procopius.1 Phocas seems to be really portrayed2as the face with its short pointed beard differs materially from those ofhis predecessors. The obverse of one of Heraclius…
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