. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . i\cnzhz, PRvm p. Chap. X.] SAN MICHELE. 277 tlie clioir. The nave aisles have a second stage or trilbrium,groined throughout; and the whole of the church is vaulted,the transepts having barrel vaults and the three apses semi-domes. The internal eifect of the lantern is extremelygood; the pendentives under the angles are very simple, andlow windows are introduced in a stage between them andthe octagonal cupola or vault. The wdiole church is stillleft in its original state with red brick walls and stone piersand
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . i\cnzhz, PRvm p. Chap. X.] SAN MICHELE. 277 tlie clioir. The nave aisles have a second stage or trilbrium,groined throughout; and the whole of the church is vaulted,the transepts having barrel vaults and the three apses semi-domes. The internal eifect of the lantern is extremelygood; the pendentives under the angles are very simple, andlow windows are introduced in a stage between them andthe octagonal cupola or vault. The wdiole church is stillleft in its original state with red brick walls and stone piersand arches, save where, as in the eastern apse, the vault ispainted with a Coronation of the Blessed Virgin, executed inthe fifteenth century. It is very seldom, consequently, thata church of. this age is seen to so much advantage; andundoubtedly the fine, simple, but w^ell-ordered arrangementof the plan, and the dignified character of the raised choirand the central lantern, would, even if the colour were notas picturesque and agreeable as it is, make this interiorone of extreme interest. One of th
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