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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · London, Murray · leaf 478

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are ornamentedwith griffins entwined in arabesque scrolls. Up to theheight of the caps the spaces between are bevelled andcarved ; on the outside are globular fruits, on the insideanimals with the body of a fish, but with heads of allkinds of creatures. The lateral waDs are covered witha triple row… … ...^^.^I^J^^ii^Kg^^^ SIDE OF THE GREAT DOORWAY, MOISSAC. 398 MOISSAC the Flight into Egypt on the left. On the left side,below are figures of Luxury and Avarice. Thesesubjects only appeared towards the end of the twelfthcentury, and therefore are a criterion of the period.Avarice is an old man…

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