Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 718
to a higher artistic importance, until a com-paratively late period. Even after the superfrontalia had becomeof greater prominence than the chalice shrines and the bases ofreliquaries, the ornaments of the altar were commonly sculptured,painted altar-pieces being rare in the Romanic epoch. The… … Fig. 414.—Early Cologne Triptych. Museum of Cologne. the Richartz-Wallraf Museum of that city {Fig. 414). Although inthe positions and draperies some concessions were made to theideals of the Gothic style, they followed in the main Byzantine andRomanic types. Cyclical representations do not appear…
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