Examples of English medieval foliage and coloured decoration, taken from buildings of the twelfth to the fifteenth century: with descriptive letterpress (1874)

Colling, James Kellaway · London, The author [etc.] · leaf 82

An illustration from Examples of English medieval foliage and coloured decoration, taken from buildings of the twelfth to the fifteenth century: with descriptive letterpress, 1874, leaf 82 — ed up with whitewash. * About the only examples we have in this country of Glass Mosaic inlay, executed during the Middle Ages, arecontained in the tombs of Edward the Confessor and Henry III., in Westminster Abbey. G2 ENGLISH MEDLEVAL FOLIAGE. The painting of the wooden ceiling of the nave of… … Fig. 67. crenellated zigzag borders to the lozenges, of being an imitation of Mosaic inlay. Similarzigzags are found in St. Marks, at Venice, formed in small square tesserae. Again, inthe deep contrast of the colours, mostly consisting of dark chocolate-brown, and white, witha few red lines, gives…

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