Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 223
was inherited from ancient Rome, but was usedmore extensively in the Eastern than in the Westernchurches. The Roman basihcas have moreover been sooften remodeled that nearly every vestige of their in-crustations has disappeared. Exceptions are found inSta. Agnese and in Sta. Sabina; in the latter… … Fig. 209. Byzantine Wainscot. 209, a Byzantine example from Constantinople. Thispractice is common to the Basilican and Byzantinestyles. C. Mosaic. In this art, at least in that branch of it in which smallcubes or tesserce of glass are employed to form picturesand patterns on walls and vaults (opus…
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