Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 195
&c. ((ith—Wi century!) 951. Linen tunic, with applied tapestry ornament. The front and back both havetwo vertical stripes {c/avi) terminating in medallions, and connected at the neckby broader transverse bands. Below each of the stripes is a larger medallion(orbicuhis or segmcntuni), while a… … variety and symmetry are attained by employing each in two forms, direct andreversed, an example of one matching an example of the other on each side ofthe garment. The design of the stripes is a series of superimposed panels withinconventional borders containing figures, the central panel…
Art objects · Christian antiquities
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