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Medieval stone mosaic, (1898). 'Figs 1-8: Engraved stone-flags from the old cathedral at St. Omer, 13th century (ground brown, interior design of horse and horseman filled up with red). Figs 9 and 10: Mosaic floors of burnt clay, enamelled, from a collection at Dresden (black and red centres with white edging) 13th century. Figs 11 and 12: Mosaic floors of burnt clay, enamelled, from the cloister-church Colombe-les-Sens (red, black and yellow), 12th century. Figs 13 and 14: Mosaic floors of burnt clay, enamelled, from the abbey-church at St. Denis (red, black and yellow), 12th century. Figs 15 and 16: Mosaic floors of burnt clay, enamelled, from the old abbey-church at Pontigny, 12th century (yellow, red and black on green ground). Figs 17-23: Enamelled clay-tiles from St. Pierre-sur-Dive, 12th century (yellow and black-brown). Figs 24 and 25: Enamelled clay-tiles from the church at Bloxham, 13th century (red and yellow). Figs 26 and 27: Enamelled clay-tiles from Beddington-Church in Surrey, 15th century (red and yellow). Fig 28: Engraved clay-tiles from the town-hall at Ravensburg (natural colour without glazing), 14th century. Fig 29: Engraved clay-tiles from a patrician house ibid., 14th century. Fig 30: Clay-tiles with deepened ground, natural colour without glazing, 14th century, from the church at Gaildorf. Fig 31: Clay-tiles with deepened ground and relief-figures from the cloister at Alpirsbach, 12th century. Plate 38 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)