The floriated steel hemisphere, which is meant to suggest a ball of fire, also recalls an ornate chandelier or a tall, open-work crown. |
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An Arabic inscription in the script known as floriated kufic reads, 'In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. |
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Artistically, it is carved on all four sides with Qur'anic verses in the typical Fatimid floriated kufic script. |
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Even to the Modernist critic Ian Nairn, this floriated ornamental splendour was magnificent stuff. |
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Because single letters end in half-palmettes or floral elements, this type of script is called floriated kufic. |
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The two top panels are decorated by a two-line inscription in floriated kufic script. |
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The sides are divided into a series of rectangular panels. Within the panels a text of 16 lines has been carved in floriated kufic script, eight lines per side. |
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It was bigger than I expected, and lovely in its colours: a floriated cross in pale blue enamel with a gold badge at its centre surrounded by a crimson ring, a silk ribbon in pink and grey folded beside it. |
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Because of its abundance of flower-designed ornaments, the cathedral, designed by Henry G. Harrison of Manhattan, is considered a fine example of the floriated 13th-century Gothic style. |
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Only 11 apostles are sitting in a semi-circle against a floriated, architecturally inspired letterform as if Matthias has not yet been selected. |
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The textile is framed by borders at the top and bottom, with floriated end-panels on both sides. |
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The chromolithographed tile shown above the bread plate was based on a design for Pugin's Floriated Ornament. |
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