Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 722
Englisheighth-century Gospels of St. Augustines Abbey in the British Museum.4 Mouldings. Familiar types (oves, astragalus, dentils, &c), though commoner in theFirst Period.5 survived to much later times: examples occur in the string-courses of St. Luke of Stiris in Phocis, on sculptured reliefs… … Fig. 444. Animals embossed in the bowls of silver spoons of the sixth century from Cyprus. (British Museum.) Animals and Monsters. Quadruped monsters with human heads, recalling the ancient Mesopotamiansphinx, are found at Mshatta, where the creature wears a pointed cap.6 The sphinx continued to be…
Art, Byzantine · Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism
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