Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 144
140 ARCHITECTURE which is of the greatest importance for the history -of Byzantine art. It is of the bowl type — of hmestone, and quite smalL The workmanship is exquisite, sharp and delicate beyond any example to be found in Con- stantinople; it is covered by a network of foliage detached from the… … in the frontispiece. Fig. 26. This is a capital at St. Mark's, Venice ; it bears the monogram of Justinian, and was probably brought from Constantinople, But the capital at Berlin and several other carved stones show that the curious large-veined leaf was of Coptic origin. Another class is formed…
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