. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ];..). Iia( From theFacade of Cathedral. f|i;M!^-;lii !!iiMii:i.(I)iliwil,iii;ill.;!UlliriiliiljFip;. 1;^.4. Parma Cathedral. Capital of Xave. interior architecture, and it is curious tosee it often in close connection with clearlyByzantine work. The font, which occu-pies the centre of the baptistery at Parma, y^,is a circular basin of marble, about fourfeet in diameter, covered with delicate arabesques in low relief with foliage and small birds. But it restson the back of a crou
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ];..). Iia( From theFacade of Cathedral. f|i;M!^-;lii !!iiMii:i.(I)iliwil,iii;ill.;!UlliriiliiljFip;. 1;^.4. Parma Cathedral. Capital of Xave. interior architecture, and it is curious tosee it often in close connection with clearlyByzantine work. The font, which occu-pies the centre of the baptistery at Parma, y^,is a circular basin of marble, about fourfeet in diameter, covered with delicate arabesques in low relief with foliage and small birds. But it restson the back of a crouching monster with snarling jaws, in the hollowof whose back, under the basin, is perched a small bird, while tlichead of a nondescript beast, flattened beneath the weight of hisbody, a])pears between his forepaws. (Fig. 133.) A thoroughly characteristic composition is to be seen in the cathe-dral of Modena, at the base of two of the small columns which carrythe l)alcony over the entrance from the nave into the crypt. Thecolumn rests on the shoulders of a crouching man between the baseand tlje sh
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