Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 301
ture grew up in thellth-13th centuries, in which the ornament is remark-able for its admirable propriety and its force and rich-ness of design. It would be hard to find better capitalsin any of the medieval styles than those of these Rhenishminsters, and the carving of grotesques fully equaledthat… … A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT ous influences is complex; commerce, the interchangebetween Eastern and Western monasteries, the circula-tion of Byzantine and Irish manuscripts and Byzantine U0ffi(iiliKrmfii(1[il1iMililllllMBIIIIIiMlllilllJ!lliM^^^ i i i n ^^^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^ work, and other causes, all united…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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