Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 304
A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT ous influences is complex; commerce, the interchange between Eastern and Western monasteries, the circula¬ tion of Byzantine and Irish manuscripts and Byzantine … man capitals vary from strongly Byzantine types to al¬ most Gothic foliage. Thus the cap from Gernrode (Fig. 284) shows Byzantine massiveness with its im¬ post-black and jeweled bands. Fig. 285 shows a capital on an octagonal shaft with molded abacus and a some¬ what free and loose treatment of the…
Decoration and ornament -- History · Architecture -- Details -- History
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