Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique (1892)
Middleton, J. H. (John Henry), 1846-1896 · Cambridge, University press · leaf 86
58 [CHAP. IV. THE BYZANTINE STYLE. century are not worthy to be compared, for true decorative beauty and fitness, with the flat, rigid forms, full of dignity and … Fig. 8. Mosaic of the sixth century in the apse of the church of SS. Cosmas and Damian in Rome. simple, rhythmical beauty which we find in any Byzantine manuscript of a good period1. It should, however, be remarked that in Byzantine art this Limita- tions of conventional treatment of the human form…
Illumination of books and manuscripts · Manuscripts
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