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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 221

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he exterior of the front or 2 Hereafter S. and Sta. will be used for San, Santo and Santa,s Sectile = cut to shape; Alexandriniim=.of small geometric units. 193 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT narthex and on cloister arcades; (d) the ornamentationof the fixed furniture of the church; and (^), the decora-tion… … FiG. 208. Floor Mosaic, Sax Clemexte, Rome. changed for centuries. The nave floor was commonlydivided into rectangular panels by broad bands ofcolored marble in which were set guilloche patterns (Fig.208) in opus sectile combined with Alexandrinum.The panels were filled with field patterns of…

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