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 196
s containing figures, the central panel representing the Virginand Child. That of the larger medallions is the scene of the Adoration of theMagi (see figure). The colours employed are crimson for the ground, and yellow, MISCELLANEOUS 169 dark and pale green, brown, pinW, dark and light blue,… … place. It is very ragged in parts, and the tapestry on one side and on the shoulders is greatlyfrayed and faded. It should be compared with the garments worn by the attendants on the leftend of the Casket of Projecta (pi. xviii). 952. Fragment of a tunic (?), ornamented with narrow inwoven purple…
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