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Departure from Carolingian-Bird and serpent-Common use of dracontine forms in letter-ornament-Influence of metal-work on the forms of scroll-ornament-The vine-stem and its developments-Introduction of Greek taste and fashion into Germany-Cistercian illumination-The Othonian period-Influence of women as patronesses and practitioners-German princesse