<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31313402</termId><termName>Western</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Style of a sub-group of Veneto-Saracenic metal wares. Objects in this group were apparently made in the West, probably in northern Italy, to imitate Islamic wares. While individual motifs were accurately copied there is a basic misunderstanding of the rules of Islamic proportion and a disregard for any relationship between positive and negative shape. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:24:28</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31302126</termId><termName>Veneto-Saracenic</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>