Monuments of the early church . This was undoubt-edly the effect of Orientalinfluence, which made it-self felt even before theformation of the Byzan-tine Empire. Side by Fig. 1T2. — Segmentum in tapestry from with the traditional ^^°^^ seventh century, virgin and Child with an Classical patterns there came into common use designs of purely Oriental character,evidently copied from imported fabrics, but in various waysmodified to suit the requirements of Classic art, or adaptedto the expression of Christian symbolism. The sacred treeof Assyria with its animal guardians is only an exa
Monuments of the early church . This was undoubt-edly the effect of Orientalinfluence, which made it-self felt even before theformation of the Byzan-tine Empire. Side by Fig. 1T2. — Segmentum in tapestry from with the traditional ^^°^^ seventh century, virgin and Child with an Classical patterns there came into common use designs of purely Oriental character,evidently copied from imported fabrics, but in various waysmodified to suit the requirements of Classic art, or adaptedto the expression of Christian symbolism. The sacred treeof Assyria with its animal guardians is only an example ofsuch expressly Oriental motives (see p. 344). It was at thesame time and under the same influence that the custom gainedcurrency of decorating the whole surface with small this a great variety of devices were employed; but nonewere more common than the four designs which were to becomeso popular in tenth-century Byzantine stuffs, as they were alsoon the textiles used in Western Europe after the Crusades,. MINOB ARTS
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