Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Fig. 129. - Capitals of the Clyptof Alliate— 881. 59 )f the buildiiiL;. lii/arreh rovers two sides of it. l^.-icli side is pierced at the to]» hy a veextends a vaii^e of little m^^^^Wi i^£. i\ narrow w iiido\\ : alio\e the windowsand xeiv slii;iitly aicadesof feeble impost, and above that,instead of belo^\^ and we have seen them hitherto,penetrate the little f;ilse niches,which, as in the adjoining church,are ron^h and considevahly re-moved from one another. We sho
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . Fig. 129. - Capitals of the Clyptof Alliate— 881. 59 )f the buildiiiL;. lii/arreh rovers two sides of it. l^.-icli side is pierced at the to]» hy a veextends a vaii^e of little m^^^^Wi i^£. i\ narrow w iiido\\ : alio\e the windowsand xeiv slii;iitly aicadesof feeble impost, and above that,instead of belo^\^ and we have seen them hitherto,penetrate the little f;ilse niches,which, as in the adjoining church,are ron^h and considevahly re-moved from one another. We should pause here toconsider two facts of decidedimportance. One is that thewindows, Avhich had before l>eenmade large, begin in this churchof Alliate to become more narro^\, Fig. 130.—Esteinal Willi of the eiiief and finish in its baptistery byApsis of ,S81. resembling true loop-holes. The other is that they present a double splaying, a natural con-sequence of the narrowing of the window in order to gain a compensation in light for the in-terior. Now, the very narrowwindows with the doul)le ol)li(piitywere, dating from this epoch, oneof the most marked characteristicsof Lombard architecture. Archa--ologists have put themselves tomu(di trouble to discover themotive whic
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