Decoration used to embellish parts of a building

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An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.

Heilige und dämonische Tiere : die Symbolsprache der deutschen Ornamentik im frühen Mittelalter / Wera von Blankenburg.

Kunstwerke aus Schmiedeeisen in alten Apotheken / Lydia Mez.

Kindersley at Addenbrooke's Hospital : about care for people and beauty / W Graham Cannon & Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley.

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Decoration and ornament, Architectural

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Heilige und dämonische Tiere : die Symbolsprache der deutschen Ornamentik im frühen Mittelalter / Wera von Blankenburg.

Kunstwerke aus Schmiedeeisen in alten Apotheken / Lydia Mez.

An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.

Kindersley at Addenbrooke's Hospital : about care for people and beauty / W Graham Cannon & Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley.