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The grammar of ornament (1868)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 110

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deve-loped, as it appears in the narrow bordertop and bottom. This principle becamevery common in the illuminated MSS. ofthe eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth cen-turies, and is the foundation of EarlyEnglish foliage. The fragments on Plate XXVII., fromthe Museo Bresciano, are more elegant… … From the Abbey of St. Denis, Paris. iI m ROMAN ORNAMENT. We have not thought it necessary to give in this series any of the painted decorations of theRomans, of which remains exist in the Eoman baths. We had no reliable materials at command;and, further, they are so similar to those at Pompeii, and…

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