Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Italian-Byzantine chisels could this door there is an arched windowframed by a double row of mosaic medal-lions enclosing barbarous effigies of saints. The interior of the chapel consists ofa square space. On three of the sidesthere are three rectangular niches ; it iscovered in by a cross-vault and adornedat the angles by four Corinthian columnsthat support useless cornices which aredevoid of ornament. The bases and socles are works of differentperiods. One is very rich and splendid,
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Italian-Byzantine chisels could this door there is an arched windowframed by a double row of mosaic medal-lions enclosing barbarous effigies of saints. The interior of the chapel consists ofa square space. On three of the sidesthere are three rectangular niches ; it iscovered in by a cross-vault and adornedat the angles by four Corinthian columnsthat support useless cornices which aredevoid of ornament. The bases and socles are works of differentperiods. One is very rich and splendid, being a clief-daucre ofRoman art; others, on the contrary, present the Byzantine styleof the sixth century, while for the most part the fronts of thesocles are enriched by bas-reliefs of the ninth century, represent-ing vine-branches issuing from vases. The pavement of the chapel is also worthy of special observa-tion. It is formed of white marble, porphyry, and is among the most ancient examples of pavements of opussectile, in which they abandoned the old system of minute mosaic. Fig. 89.—Base of Column inthe Chapel of S. Zeuone,Kome— 817-824. i83
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