Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 218
e. The most appropriate namethat can be given to this particular kindof Celtic ornament is flamboyant work. TheFrench word flamboyer means to blaze, andthe Gothic window tracery of the fourteenth century, inwhich S-shaped curves predominate, is called flamboyant 1 Vol. i., pt. x., pi. 6; vol. ii.,… … BRIDLE-BIT OF BRONZE ENAMELLED FROM RISE, NEAR HULL,NOW IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM SCALE k LINEAR IN THE EARLY IRON AGE 151 on account of its resemblance to tongues of flame.The handle of the Late-Celtic tankard from Traws-fynydd,1 Merionethshire, now in the Liverpool Museum,if reproduced in stone on a…
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