Excerpt from Ancient and Medieval Carved Ivories: Photographs of a Selection of Twenty-Four of the More Important Examples of Carved Ivories in the South Kensington Museum, With Descriptions Abridged and Reprinted From Mr. Maskell's Book, "Ancient and Medieval Ivories"Above the cattle is a balcony decorated with trefoils, in this {lands an allegorical figure of Love winged like a feraph, and {triking on each hand with his arrows two ladies. Two other ladies fit at the ends of the balcony, looking over, as if meditating or watching.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.