Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 662
mes, such as Botoniates, Bryennius, Cantacu-zenus, Comnenus, Lascaris, and Scleros. Engkaved Gems. The engraving of gems never attained to such popularity in theByzantine Empire as the carving of ivory.1 A great number of Romangems were taken from Italy by Constantine upon the foundation ofhis new… … Fig. 405. a. Intaglio on crystal, sixth-seventh century. (British Museum.)b. The Virgin and Child: intaglio on chalcedony. (British Museum.) more to Western Europe: like other antique gems treasured by theMiddle Ages, their classical subjects had often been made to serve asrepresentations of…
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