. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ong in the last detail, which is shown correctly in another plate of the same work. 246 AKCHITECTURE IM ITALY Venice is in the doorway arch of a honse called the Ca Contarini,where the tynii)anam bears a winded any;el carrying a shield, withthe inscription Pax hnic doniui,* and the archivolt has a broadband of scnlpture, the whole arch being inscribed in a sqnare borderwith rosettes, and the si)andrils being filled with circles enclosingeach a pair of birds. (Fig. 189.) The same feeling and method
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ong in the last detail, which is shown correctly in another plate of the same work. 246 AKCHITECTURE IM ITALY Venice is in the doorway arch of a honse called the Ca Contarini,where the tynii)anam bears a winded any;el carrying a shield, withthe inscription Pax hnic doniui,* and the archivolt has a broadband of scnlpture, the whole arch being inscribed in a sqnare borderwith rosettes, and the si)andrils being filled with circles enclosingeach a pair of birds. (Fig. 189.) The same feeling and method are seen in the doorway arch of ahouse in the Fondamenta Pesaro, where the tympanum is filled witha bas-relief representing two winged and kneeling angels bearing ashield between them, while above the shield is the half figure ofa third angel holding in one hand a circular disk with a Greekcross in relief, the other being raised in the posture of arch in this instance is pointed, but is surrounded by a broadborder edged on both sides with the Venetian dentil and filled with a. biii. 1>4. Neinct;. (Haa Loretlau. THE liVZANTINK IM IJKNCK 247
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