. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . n the opposite side of the Piazza di San Pietro is thecathedral, the only ancient portion of which is a small partof the south aisle. It is of very elaborate character, entirelybuilt in brick, and so far as it remains appears to have beenpart of an aisle finished with a succession of gables, one toeach bay, a common arrangement in German and Frenchchurches, where additional aisles are so frequently met with,but uncommon in Italy, where, as in England, churcheshave seldom more than one aisle on either side of the nave
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . n the opposite side of the Piazza di San Pietro is thecathedral, the only ancient portion of which is a small partof the south aisle. It is of very elaborate character, entirelybuilt in brick, and so far as it remains appears to have beenpart of an aisle finished with a succession of gables, one toeach bay, a common arrangement in German and Frenchchurches, where additional aisles are so frequently met with,but uncommon in Italy, where, as in England, churcheshave seldom more than one aisle on either side of the nave.^The brickwork in this small fragment of the cathedral,though elaborate, was not pleasing, being of rather late date. On the same side of the Piazza as the cathedral is theYescovato, a large pile of ancient l)uilding, but very muchmodernized. There still remain, however, some good three-light windows in the upper stage, inclosed within a circulararch, without tracery, and divided by marble shafts. Some * It is to be seen, liowovci, in the clmrili of 8an Petronio, \^suii-Jli«bi&f£S«bii Vtndc-v m Ducal Pal arc.
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