Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 199
the early Christian chancels,whether they were of stone, wood, or metal. During thefourth and tilth centuries they adhered closely to the patternswinch had been long current in Rome, — that is to say, theywere usually stiff geometrical designs in openwork, followingthe technic of metal. Fig. 57… … Fig. 58. — Chancel in S. Clemente, Rome. Sixth century. type of decoration, and became the chief field for such stonecarving as was still practised,—that is, for the conventionaldesigns in low relief which were copied from contemporarytextile patterns (see p. 377). No other stone chancels havebeen…
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