. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . WINDOW IN NOItTlI TRAXSErX, CliEMOXA CATHEDRAL. in with a mass of brickwork, through which are pierced thearches over the several lights of the window, and these are sup-ported 01) marble or stone shafts with carved capitals, instead See pliite 40, p. 250. Chap. XIV.] ITALIAX BRICKWOltK. 393 of mouials : and above these sometimes, as in the windowsof Sant Andrea, Mantua, are three cnsped circles; some-times, as in the palace at Mantua, only one cusped circle;or else, as in a beautiful example at Cremona, the plainbri
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . WINDOW IN NOItTlI TRAXSErX, CliEMOXA CATHEDRAL. in with a mass of brickwork, through which are pierced thearches over the several lights of the window, and these are sup-ported 01) marble or stone shafts with carved capitals, instead See pliite 40, p. 250. Chap. XIV.] ITALIAX BRICKWOltK. 393 of mouials : and above these sometimes, as in the windowsof Sant Andrea, Mantua, are three cnsped circles; some-times, as in the palace at Mantua, only one cusped circle;or else, as in a beautiful example at Cremona, the plainbrick tympanum is relieved by the introduction of a panel. PETAII. OF WIXnOW-JAMB-CREMONA. of terra-cotta, bearing the cross on a shield, whilst round itsouter circumference delicately treated though large cuspingdefines the outline of the arch.^ The windows at Coccaglio^ and at Monza* are examples oftympana left quite plain, or, as in the former case, piercedonly with a small opening of a few inches in diameter, whichnevertheless gives much effect to the design. In the lattercase there is a feature which is well worth notice, because itis remarkable in the best Italian brickwork, and always veryeffective. Labels are exceedingly rare, but their place isusually supplied by a course of very narrow deep red brickswhich surrounds the back of the arch. In the window in]\[onza Cathedral there are two such courses—one about 4iinches wide, the other not more than 2h. They serve todefine the arch and keep it distinct in effect from the walling The windows iu tlic Castle of S. Angelo, between I/odi and Pavia. arethe only examples I met with of tlie u
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