Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888 · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 454
d Scandinavian designs are characterized by meandering,interlaced, and knotted lines, which are described and discussed inthe chapter on patterns. The forms of the Celtic stone crosses arevery beautiful. See LAtlas de lArcheologie du Nord, par la Societedes Antiquites du Nord (Copenhagen, 1857),… … Fig. 25. In accounting for the instances of evident Orientalinfluence on Christian art, which came through Byzan-tium, we must not restrict ourselves to searching out theArabian traditions, but we must remember also how muchBabylon and Persia, as well as India, had given to theEmpire of the East,…
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