Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 326
vets. Attention should be particularly directedto the rows of birds, each biting the leg of the one infront of it, on the back of the brooch. Similar designsoccur in the Lindisfarne Gospels2 and on a cross-shaftfrom Aberlady,3 now at Carlowrie Castle, near Kirk- 1 H. ONeills Fine Arts of Ancient… … OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD 231 liston, Linlithgowshire, clearly showing Northumbrianinfluence, as bird-motived ornament of this kind is inno way characteristic of pure Irish work. There are several beautiful penannular brooches inthe National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, atEdinburgh, most of…
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