. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. PalazzoGalati, dating from about 1330, the Badia Vecchia, probably some-what later, and the Palazzo Corvaia, formerly known as the palaceof the German lords (Palazzo dei Signori tedeschi), dating from1372. Of these, the two first show the same large coupled windowswhich we have seen in the contemporary palaces of Palermo, whilethe third shows distinct variations in the form of openings, thewindows of the side elevation being coupled under a bearing-archwith ogee curves in the Venetian manner, and
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. PalazzoGalati, dating from about 1330, the Badia Vecchia, probably some-what later, and the Palazzo Corvaia, formerly known as the palaceof the German lords (Palazzo dei Signori tedeschi), dating from1372. Of these, the two first show the same large coupled windowswhich we have seen in the contemporary palaces of Palermo, whilethe third shows distinct variations in the form of openings, thewindows of the side elevation being coupled under a bearing-archwith ogee curves in the Venetian manner, and on the entrance fronta similar window of three lights, under two interlacing ogee is not less unusual, the exterior disposition expresses the inte-rior, where one half the building is occupied by a large hall on eachstory, the remainder being divided into smaller apartments. On theentrance front, the treatment of the former is superior in height aswell as in material and design to that of the latter. The entrancedoor is a low elliptical arch with its label moulding carried up into. Fig. 423. Taormina. Badia Vecchia. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE 269 a low ogee arch.^ The belt-course on which rest the windows of theprincipal story is a characteristic example of decoration, with shieldsin the frieze between narrow bands of delicate inlay. The extent to which the taste of individual builders in Italy wassometimes attracted by the earlier Sicilian architecture is well illus-trated in the Casa Ruffola at Ravello. It is rather a villa than a palace, built towards the close of thethirteenth century by one or another of the great and public-spirited family who had controlled the affairs of the little Casatown. The house stands in the midst of somewhat exten-sive grounds, with outbuildings of various kinds, detached towers,pergolas, etc. Its plan (Fig. 426) is irregular, and includes a fineinterior court with three stories of arcaded galleries, the lowest withthree great pointed and st
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