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Excerpt from Fac-Similes of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts
To suppose that (occurring, as the ivory carvings, and chasings of origin in Byzantium, where no or earlier date, has ever been observation may be applied also to Rom the early artists of these islands derived their inspiration, but that even one the Irish crosses had been brought from Italy! During a recent visit to I &c., I especially directed my attention to the solution of this question, a careful study of the existing remains of Early Christian Art, some of l the earliest Mosaics, must doubtless have been seen by our anglo-sr pilgrims, so many of whom are recorded to have made even frequent visit well as to the Holy Places of the East. My search, however, was returned home more than ever convinced that the peculiar styles of our were elaborated in our own islands, and I now venture to assert that Art relic of a date previous to the ninth century can be produced in wlr' especially the spiral pattern, are introduced, the execution of which cannot l shown to have been dependent on the teaching of some of our missionaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
