Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . to availthemselves of Greek artificers to adorn their new residence intlie best way that their times jiermitted, their neighbours, thepatriarchs of Grado, would not have liked to be behind themin this respect. And, in fact, in a courtyard, behind theprecious cathedral already known to us, there exist, set in a wallenriched with sculptures of various epochs, two considerablefragments of convex parapets, without doubt belonging to anambo of the eighth century. One would think it must havebeen an i
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . to availthemselves of Greek artificers to adorn their new residence intlie best way that their times jiermitted, their neighbours, thepatriarchs of Grado, would not have liked to be behind themin this respect. And, in fact, in a courtyard, behind theprecious cathedral already known to us, there exist, set in a wallenriched with sculptures of various epochs, two considerablefragments of convex parapets, without doubt belonging to anambo of the eighth century. One would think it must havebeen an invariable rule in those times that the figure of a crossshould aftord the sole basis for the decoration of pulpit fronts,for on all those we have seen and are still to see the supe)ficiesof each parapet is subdivided into four squares by two baudsthat cross one another; and thus it is also with the t>\o sides of 124 the ambo of Grado. In both it seems that the upper squareswere occupied by the monogram of Christ, made wheel-fashion,formed in the centre by a rosette, rayed or girandolcd, and.
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