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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 468

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atisfied by such a work as that preservedin the apse of the Church of Cruas (Ardeche), the interest of whichis heightened by its unquestionable date, A. D. 1048 (Fig. 264). Itmight be thought that the hardness and ungainliness of the twofigures of the prophets, Elijah and Enoch, could not be… … Fig. 264.—Mosaic Pavement in Cruas, Southern France. De la Major at Marseilles, which has been demolished, from near theCathedral of Valence, and from St. Trophime at Aries, are of greaterartistic value, but probably of earlier date. That mosaics with fig-ures were also customary in the north of…

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