Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 366
ains of bones, vegetables, fish, amouse gnawing at a nut, &:c. Great pavements, with all kinds of animated figures,both realistic and fanciful, representing combats ofanimals, fighting gladiators, circus and hunting scenes,with the figures sometimes of life size, in combinationwith allegorical… … A<BCO OEU Fig. 287.—Roman Mosaic, found at A\ignon. designs of birds, fishes, and marine animals. The borders,however, are often modern work, and are generallyrestorations or additions. Besides being found at Romeand other places in Italy, these large Roman mosaics havebeen found at almost every…
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