Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 69
Cairo Museum, afterStrzygowski, There are similar fragments in the British Museum. 34 EGYPTO-HELLENESQUE than a hundred early churches have been found, and from Asia Minor, Syria, andEgypt, are hardly yet to beseen in due perspective. Forthe decorative side of Hel-lenesque ** architecture… … Fig. 17. Stone Capital with palm-branch carving, from Old Cairo, fifthcentury (?). Byzantinestyle, whichare probably not laterthan the fifth century(Fig. 16). A capitalof the same material,found in old Cairoand purchased for theBerlin Museum (noone in England caresfor early Christianobjects), is of…
Art, Medieval
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