. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . osure, nearly 164 feet in height;at the three boldly superposed colonnades, each with eightyopenings lightening the massive structure, and, in their turn,surmounted by two other tiers of masonry. The open archesof the second and third stories now look down upon us empty;formerly throughout their circuit they were tenanted by bronzeand marble statues, while between the pilasters on the outsideof the fourth story flashed a long line of bronze shields. Thelatter decoration was really scarcely necessary to enhance theimpressiveness of the whole
. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages . osure, nearly 164 feet in height;at the three boldly superposed colonnades, each with eightyopenings lightening the massive structure, and, in their turn,surmounted by two other tiers of masonry. The open archesof the second and third stories now look down upon us empty;formerly throughout their circuit they were tenanted by bronzeand marble statues, while between the pilasters on the outsideof the fourth story flashed a long line of bronze shields. Thelatter decoration was really scarcely necessary to enhance theimpressiveness of the whole building, the majestic regularity 1 The inscription, repeated on both sides of the arch, can be seen in the Corp. , VI., No. 1139. Copy and commentary on the inscription in de Rossi {Bull, archeol. jcrist., 1863, p. 49 ff.), where it is also shown how unwarranted is the theory which seesiin the words insti?ictic divinitatis a later substitution for the mttu Iovis 2 Cp. Petersen, Mitth. des ro?n. Instituts, 1889, p. 314 ; 1891, p. 111. 49.—Coliseum with the Meta Sudans and a Portion of theArch of Constantine. X JL J. J- JL JL ± JL JL : ^JU Jk JL J as m 1 ».■■■»■■■■a a 1 m i ■■»■■■■■■■
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