Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 735
OENAMENT and is found in carved reliefs,1 mosaics,2 and textiles.3 It may have originated withthe textile art, as also may the similar device of covering the field with a diaperof lozenges, each lozenge also filled with an animal, plant, or human figure.The motive exists both in textiles and in… … Fig. 454. Carved impost capital of the sixth century : Cathedral of Parenzo, showingacanthus within double zigzag. (Alinari.) each lozenge sometimes enclosing a leaf or flower, as at Mistra.5 The single zigzag,which forms so striking a feature in the frieze of Mshatta (Fig. 447), is used inthe…
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