Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 344
Fig. 362. —Kuhc Writing, from the Alhambra. composition (see Fig. 343). It may be noticed thatsome of the leaf-work in these diapers have a feather-likedecoration, which gives richness and variety to the orna-ment : these markings are evidently derived from theparallel veining of Byzantine acanthus… … Fig. 363.—Arabian Cursive Writing, from the Alhambra. of pointed and horseshoe arches, which makes the orna-ment in appropriate harmony with the Moorish architec-ture, while the flat treatment of the whole is distinctivelycharacteristic of all vSaracenic ornament. Two examples of Mnemonic ornament…
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