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. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. h^ig. 2(39. Amalfi. Interior of Porch. chief interest lies in the frescoes by Greek artists contemporary withthe church, which cover the clerestory, the central apse, and the west 50 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. ^rmf- ^ r^ T r t f ^ ^x±U^ mrt-; :^iM»i Fig. 270. Trani. Ognissanti. wall of the nave, and even the lunettes of the porch, where are scenesfrom the life of St. Anthony and St. Paul the hermit.^ The most remarkable porch among those of Southern Italy, if weTrani, except that at Amalfi, just menti
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. h^ig. 2(39. Amalfi. Interior of Porch. chief interest lies in the frescoes by Greek artists contemporary withthe church, which cover the clerestory, the central apse, and the west 50 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. ^rmf- ^ r^ T r t f ^ ^x±U^ mrt-; :^iM»i Fig. 270. Trani. Ognissanti. wall of the nave, and even the lunettes of the porch, where are scenesfrom the life of St. Anthony and St. Paul the hermit.^ The most remarkable porch among those of Southern Italy, if weTrani, except that at Amalfi, just mentioned, and that which seemsOgnissanti. ^^^^^ visibly to establish a relationship with the Lombardchurches of the North, is, however, that of the small church of Ognis-santi, at Trani. Thep^_„i_^—„_ ^ ^ ,_ ^ ^^_^^^1^__,J church, which dates originally from theearliest years of theninth century, butwhich was more orless completely re-built by the Nor-mans about the year1100, still retainsin its east end theLombard character,having three apses,the central one withthe broad window flanked by columns bearing grotesque beasts,which is so characteristic of the older churches of this region, as inBari, Molfetta, Troja, etc. The church is a small basilica, of simpleplan, about forty feet wide and
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