Studies in East Christian and Roman art

Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, Dennison, Walter, 1869-1917. Gold treasure of the late Roman period, Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955. East Christian paintings in the Freer collection. 1918 · 1918 · New York : MacMillan Company ; London : MacMillan and Company · 19 pictures

A 1918 plate-based study of Late Roman and East Christian art by Charles Lang Freer, Charles Rufus Morey and Walter Dennison, published in New York and London for art historians and collectors. The plates show gold medallions and jewellery, several bearing imperial portraits in relief, with a mosaic-like bead and filigree rim that a designer could use as a reference for ornamental borders and classical portrait roundels.

Christian art and symbolism · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine · Jewelry · Painting, Byzantine

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