Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 275
raps, which served as a model forthese designs, is retained throughout,being evident even when animal formsare adopted for the ends. The headsof serpents lent themselves most nat-urally to this employment, but the figures of other animals, inmonstrous contortions, were also introduced. In general… … Fig. 126.—Crown of Reccesvinthus,King of the Visigoths, now in theMusee Cluny, in Paris. SCULPTURE. 239 omansim- the figures of animals. In the provinces occupied by the Rthe debased forms of the Byzantine mintage continued to beitated. In the few cases where human figures were introduced…
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