Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . S. DEMETRIUS—SALONICA CH. V] CHURCHES AT SALONICA 63 The whole of the arches in both storeys and their Thespandrils are Hned with marble slabs (Plate IX). On unLgtthe arches they are arranged like voussoirs, dark andlight alternately, though as they are all full of figure thealternation is not very regular or pronounced, and theeffect is not forced. The spandrils and walls up to the. Fig. 14. first floor are faced with fine figured marbles in slabs,and a square of marble mosaic occupies the middle of Marbleeach spandril over the column. Above, at the fir
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . S. DEMETRIUS—SALONICA CH. V] CHURCHES AT SALONICA 63 The whole of the arches in both storeys and their Thespandrils are Hned with marble slabs (Plate IX). On unLgtthe arches they are arranged like voussoirs, dark andlight alternately, though as they are all full of figure thealternation is not very regular or pronounced, and theeffect is not forced. The spandrils and walls up to the. Fig. 14. first floor are faced with fine figured marbles in slabs,and a square of marble mosaic occupies the middle of Marbleeach spandril over the column. Above, at the firstfloor level, is a singular band of marble mosaic repre-senting in perspective a modillion cornice, the modillionsat certain intervals changing their perspective is perhaps a ridiculous freak, but it does not produce 64 CHURCHES AT SALONICA [ch. v s. De- any illusion, and tells simply as a band of colour. Theextrados of the voussoirs has a narrow red marblelabel with the double dentil, front and back, which theVenetians used so much in later times, and which occursalso at S. Sophia in Constantinople. A red marblecornice finishes this storey. The The arches and spandrils of the upper storey are UnTngs faced with marble like those below. The splendour ofthese walls is almost beyond belief. The soffits of the side arches of the nave are now ofplain plaster, but they were originally lined with marblelike
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