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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 297

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Y OF ORNAMENT Fonts; Metalwork. A few Saxon or pre-Norman fonts have been pre-served, all of crudeworkmanship, themore elaborate among them suggest-ing an effort to copyByzantine details.The Norman fontsare of better work-manship, cut in stoneor cast in lead, usu-ally in the form ofa square or… … Fig. 219. Carved Axglo-Xorman Ax-THEaiioxs: FROM St. Saviors, South-WARK (ahove); Hereford Cathedral (be- IX)W ).

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