Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 225
elief a design en-graved on a flat surface ; butcuriously enough when the decora-tion of the repousse metalworkwas again transferred to a flatsurface, as in the enamelled fittingsof the bronze bowls and in thespiral ornamentation of the illum-inated MSS. of the Christianperiod, it did not return to… … more unlike its foliageous prototype. It will be noticedthat the ends of the trumpet-shaped expansions on thebronze discs and gold collar being in the highest reliefcatch the light. In the MSS. and enamels this effectis imitated bysmall almond-shaped spots of adifferent colourfrom the rest.The…
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