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Byzantine art and archaeology (1911)

Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 725

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.4 Another interesting example occurs on the horn of Ulphus in York Cathedral,where the tree has upon it the pine-cones characteristic of Mesopotamian artr>(cf, p. 705). The Vine. This is among the most important of all motives, for not only does it pervadethe reliefs, mosaics, frescoes,… … Fio. 446. Mosaics of the twelfth century in the nave of the Church of the Nativity atBethlehem, showing fantastic forms of the sacred tree. with wings, vases. &c, (From adrawing by W. Harvey : Byzantine Kesearch and Publication Fund.) periods. It will therefore be necessary to follow its…

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