Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · New York, H. Holt and Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 56
ight Prophets with scrolls, among exquisite foliage ofacanthus with conventionalised bosses, typically Byzantine. The face of the fourth and highest archivolt, abovethe bronze horses, has stories from Genesis set in lozenge-shaped panels of Florentine type; between the panelssombre figures among… … Photograph : J. W. Cruickshank BYZANTINE-ROMANESQUE CARVINGHope, from the Central Doorway of S. Marco II.] BYZANTINE VENICE: ST MARKS 25 fifteenth century, somewhat correct and formal in compari-son with the more vigorous work below. The next, or fourth doorway, resembles the second, buthas a fine…
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