Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 88
thers into Kent;and we must expect in that quarter, in the works of theversatile artist St. Dunstan, and others, a directly Byzan-tine character. At Canterbury an active school of illumi-nators was quickly formed, and also at Winchester and otherplaces. The book called the Benedictional of St.… … Anglo-Saxon of Byzantine origin, isomers of Borders in the Benedictional of St Ethel-wold. monk of St. Switliin, afterwards rewarded for his skill bybeing made Abbot of Thorney. The pages are surroundedby broad borders with large corner pieces, all of which arecomposed of particoloured conventional…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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