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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Byzantine Art

That symbolical system which was developed by the early Greek or Byzantine artists out of the Christian symbolism. Its chief features are the circle, dome, and round arch; and its chief symbols the lily, cross, vesica, and nimbus. St. Sophia, at Constantinople, and St. Mark, at Venice, are excellent examples.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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