GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS 142 that the Roman consuls wore robes with similar decoration, and the Byzantine chrysoclavus, or golden nail-head design, was a lineal descendant of this.1 In a mosaic in the Baptistery of Saint Mark's, Venice, is represented a figure of Saint John Chrysostom, wearing a… … FIG. 142. A few more of these beautiful and characteristic patterns may be mentioned. In Fig. 142 is shown a highly enriched specimen in which the ground is decorated, as well as the disks themselves, leaving the plain margin of the disk as the most prominent feature of the design. The next figure…
Decoration and ornament
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