Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . n in circles, with palms and braidings. Perhaps it oncedecorated the entrance of the little church. The other two,of equal dimensions and better jiroportions, are identical intheir framings, and varied only in their tympanum ; the hori-zontal bands are adorned by tine gyres with rosettes of con-spicuously Greek pattern ; and the inclined bands show SSfronting each other and bound together,* and are terminated byrampant leaves. One tympanum shows the usual decorations ofrectangles and wheels rich
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . n in circles, with palms and braidings. Perhaps it oncedecorated the entrance of the little church. The other two,of equal dimensions and better jiroportions, are identical intheir framings, and varied only in their tympanum ; the hori-zontal bands are adorned by tine gyres with rosettes of con-spicuously Greek pattern ; and the inclined bands show SSfronting each other and bound together,* and are terminated byrampant leaves. One tympanum shows the usual decorations ofrectangles and wheels rich in roses, lilies and palms, and in onecorner a cock ; the other a great wheel, with knot-work flankedby a bull and a lion, followed by two little animals of the same ? These ornaments evidently served as models for the v^orker in stucco of thetwelfth century, who copied them several times in his decorations. 11 species. These are figures worthy of tliose in the l) two frontons united to other horizontal ornaments, of\Yhich ahuiidaut fragmenls remain, perhaps served, supported. ^rA^/OCV^: )MM fc-~3 pM l-M &^m^
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