Evolution in art : as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1902)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London : W. Scott ; New York : C. Scribner's · leaf 180
is so-called honey-suckle pattern is not, I think, the only outcome of the superstition oftying horns on trees, for I believe the fleur-de-lys, so much used inheraldry as a royal emblem, and on many coats-of-arms, seems buta modified imitation of the real horns tied on trees or posts (p.… … Fig. 82.—Ionic capital of the eastern portico of the Erechtheium. counterbalance their resemblances, and so a fusion ormingling of elements could easily and naturally result. probable that it was introduced to French heraldry by Louis VII. onhis return from the Crusades, and it is also likely that…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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