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Byzantine incrusted enamel, marble mosaic, glass mosaic, (1898). 'Fig 1: Christ enthroned on a rainbow and surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists - book-cover of gilt bronze decorated with incrusted enamel and stones, 12th century, in the Museo Correi at Venice. Figs 2, 3 and 5: Marble mosaics from floors in S. Alessio at Rome. Fig 4: Marble mosaics from floors in S. Maria in Cosmedin ibid. Fig 6: Marble mosaics from floors in S. Vitale at Ravenna. Fig 7: Glass mosaics from S. Maria in Araceli at Rome. Fig 8: Glass mosaics from S. Alessio at Rome. Figs 9 and 10: Glass mosaics from the Duomo at Messina. Figs 11-13: Glass mosaics from the Duomo at Monreale. Figs 14-16: Glass mosaics from the Facade of the Cathedral of Orvieto. Figs 17 and 18: Marble-mosaic-bands from capitals in St. Mark's at Venice. Figs 19 and 20: Marble-mosaic-bands from the walls of Sta. Sofia, Constantinople [Istanbul]. (Fig 1, after an original drawing by A. Borkhardt, architect at Stutgarl. Figs 2-5, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 after original drawings by H. Dolmersch al Stuttgart.' Plate 32 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)