Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 70
as the place which received and ejected Justinian II,2 mostintractable of imperial exiles. The region is interesting as the home of theTetraxite Goths, a remnant which remained behind when their countrymenmoved westward, preserving their name and speech till after the fall ofConstantinople.3 They… … Fig. 24. Limestone frieze of the fourth-fifth century in the Museum at Cairo. (Catalogue general: Koptische Kiinst, No. 7302.) churches,4 and the Crimea possessed a mint at which copper coins werestruck. The real significance of Russia for Christian art does not begin untilthe conversion of the…
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