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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 102

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opment of a peculiar architecturalstyle, showing in many ways the influence of Syria. In the eccle-siastical edifices of Armenia the central dome, with nave, transept,and four subsidiary spaces filling out the angles of the cruciformplan, was certainly a direct imitation of Byzantine models; but… … Fig- 37-—(luiri h *t Ani. the forms customary in Constantinople. The c1<>m proximity of thecountry to Persia and Syria is particularly evident in the ornament-al details, which are almost exclusively composed of motives takenfrom braided <>r woven work, resembling in this respect the…

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