Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 254
owning splendor of Byzantine decoration was in its mosaics. These at first differed in no wise from the Latin (see page 196), which were, indeed, probably executed in many cases by Byzantine ar¬ tists. But the domes and vaults of the East gave special oppor¬ tunities for the application of this… … _ f=i A examples of this art, the cubes or tessera of glass being very small, espe- Fig. 234. Sarcophagus End, Ravenna. 222
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