Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Figs. 33 & 34.—Archivolts of the Baptistery atCividale— 737. I05 for palm-leaves. Al-though the chisel issomewhat timid, the whole, I amfar from definingthem barbarous, asdoes Selvatico. .[find them very ele-gant. Without doubtthey are the bestcapitals that Greekartificers of theeighth century haveleft us in archivolts aboveare also elegant,adorned by olive-moulding, vine-branches proceedingfrom vases, and littlecurls with palm-leaves. Every angleof the octagon amongthe arch
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Figs. 33 & 34.—Archivolts of the Baptistery atCividale— 737. I05 for palm-leaves. Al-though the chisel issomewhat timid, the whole, I amfar from definingthem barbarous, asdoes Selvatico. .[find them very ele-gant. Without doubtthey are the bestcapitals that Greekartificers of theeighth century haveleft us in archivolts aboveare also elegant,adorned by olive-moulding, vine-branches proceedingfrom vases, and littlecurls with palm-leaves. Every angleof the octagon amongthe arches is adornedwith intaglio ofcircles interwovenwith rich bead-work,but the part underthe inscription ex-hibits a row of ovoliof meagre form andineffective. In thelittle archivolts, andover them, amonga profusion ofbranches, of palms,of roses fuU blown, I Ob or in the girandole fashion, we see animals of rude designchiselled inexi^ertly. The doves, peacocks, and stags, drinkingat the fount, are connected with the symbolism of the firstChristian ages ; but those winged griffins, the two l
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