Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 734
mentioned, we may note such examples as the beasts ofthe mosaic pavements, silver-work (Fig. 444). &c. NATURALISTIC FORMS 709 giaiijMSS., and in Coptic and Armenian, Bulgarian and Kussian MSS. of theeleventh century and later, seems to point to a common model originating insome central region… … Fig. 453. Inscription and ornament in mosaic, of the eighth-ninth century: Church ofSt. Irene, Constantinople, showing leaves in band of zigzag. (Byzantine Research and Pub-lication Fund.) possibly be explained by the fact that they belong to a popular art unaffectedby newer styles. M. Bordier has…
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