254 BORDERS AND CRESTINGS The Sicilian example is a late rendering of the old Assyrian sacred tree symbol. Another embroidered example of the same design (see Fig. 289), also … FIG. 288. FIG. 289. Sicilian of the same date, is instructive. The larger palm element shows some affinity to the conventional pomegranate forms of later times and probably influenced their development. There is no doubt that the foliage represented is the palm ; this tree is well known in Sicilian…
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