Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 112
can-thus leaf or caulicolus. The wholecomposition generally springs from avase, a monsters tail, an infants torso,or a large and elaborate nest of acan-thus leaves (Figs, 19, 42 h, 43, 92). The rinceau is the most prolific, themost persistent and the most adaptable of all decorativemotives. It can… … Fig. 41.—Flat Re-lief OrnamentFROM A TombDated 1496. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT medieval and Renaissance art, and appears even inOriental art, especially that of India. In Fig. 1 it wasshown in Italian pre-Renaissance ornament of the 14thcentury; Figs. 246, 266 and 268 in my History of Or-el
Decoration and ornament
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