Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 402
olism. The sacred treeof Assyria with its animal guardians is only an example ofsuch expressly Oriental motives (see p. 344). It was at thesame time and under the same influence that the custom gainedcurrency of decorating the whole surface with small patterns.For this a great variety of devices… … MINOB ARTS
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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