. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . atComo, but I could not make the lower altar intelligiblein my sketch, and indeed could hardly see it, so wasobliged to leave it out. The remainsof some very early frescoes can beseen, but I did not think them re-markable. Altogether, however, thechurch is one which no one shouldmiss seeing who takes an interest inearly architecture. While painting the study from whichthe following sketch is taken, I wasstruck with the wonderfully vivid greenwhich the whitewashed vault of thechancel and the arch dividing thechancel from the bo
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . atComo, but I could not make the lower altar intelligiblein my sketch, and indeed could hardly see it, so wasobliged to leave it out. The remainsof some very early frescoes can beseen, but I did not think them re-markable. Altogether, however, thechurch is one which no one shouldmiss seeing who takes an interest inearly architecture. While painting the study from whichthe following sketch is taken, I wasstruck with the wonderfully vivid greenwhich the whitewashed vault of thechancel and the arch dividing thechancel from the body of the churchtook by way of reflection from the grass and treesoutside. It is not easy at first to see how the greenmanages to find its way inside the church, but thegrass seems to get in everywhere. I had alreadyoften seen green reflected from brilliant pasturage onto the shadow under the eaves of whitewashed houses,but I never saw it suffuse a whole interior as it doeson a fine summers day at Giornico. I do not re-member to have seen this effect in MAIN DOORWAY,S. NICOLAO. GIORNICO. 75 Looking up again against the mountain through theopen door of the church when the sun was in a certainposition, I could see an infinity of insect life swarmingthroughout the air. No one could have suspectedits existence, till the suns rays fell on the wings of
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