SPANISH NAIL-HEAD ORNAMENTI5TH—16TII CENTURY Spanish ironwork. Some of the beautiful late-Gothic works are unmistakably inspired byFlemish, others by German motifs. In the six-teenth century, when a Spanish prince became … Emperor of Germany, under the title of Charles V.,the crowned and two-headed imperial eagle waswidely adopted in Spanish ornament, besidealready favourite emblems, such as the lion of theprovince of Leon and the turrets of Castile. Thefleur-de-lys is so exquisite a device that no justifi-cation of…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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