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 80
and on onefrom Pomposa at Ravenna. (Compare Fig. 17 and PI. 9.) The variety which Ruskin named, from some atSt. Marks, the lily capital, has been found in Constanti-nople and many other places. The finest example known ispreserved in the Cairo Museum ;* it is wrought in the marbleof Constantinople.… … Fig. 21. Byzantine capital olsixth century, now in mosque ofKerouan, North Africa, 40 BASKET CAPITALS carved tree-like forms simplified almost to a fleur-de-lis;the rest of the capital is occupied by interlacing basketwork. The whole is strangely beautiful, and yet seems tocall for some explanation…
Art, Medieval
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