Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . l comlunations, large Ioses,or certain fan-shaped ornaments of original and not inelegantforms. There are also two fragments of a pilaster, with crossand ornaments and two short demi-columns, said to have comefrom an old building in Mogliano. providedwith curious capitals, with designs in zigzag,and concave chamferings in ])art hlled u]) A\ithlarge tongue-shaped lea\es. CiviDALE.—At Cividale also, inside andoutside of the cathedral, there are remains ofItalian-Byzantine sculpture. The most re-ma
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . l comlunations, large Ioses,or certain fan-shaped ornaments of original and not inelegantforms. There are also two fragments of a pilaster, with crossand ornaments and two short demi-columns, said to have comefrom an old building in Mogliano. providedwith curious capitals, with designs in zigzag,and concave chamferings in ])art hlled u]) A\ithlarge tongue-shaped lea\es. CiviDALE.—At Cividale also, inside andoutside of the cathedral, there are remains ofItalian-Byzantine sculpture. The most re-markable piece is a plntco, tliat lies near thebaptistery of Callisto. and seems to invite im-FiG. 109.—Capital of th ^icdiate comparison between eighth-centuryCrypt of the Cathedral works and tliose of wliicli it is a Treviso-ixth Ceo- that is to Say. niutli-ceutury ones. It iscovered with rectangles, formed by the usualwithes woven together, and enclosing braids en- little birds orleaves, or a cross with curved extremities. The Italian-Bvzantine stvle was not tardv in reaching U. 2IO the ^elletiall lagoons, but made an even pompous displayof its productions there, of which many still remain. But,Avhile in several other Italian regions it could reign Avithoutdispute, here, on the contrary, it was confronted by a powerfulrival, the Byzantine-Barbarian style returning by Venetianboats to invade this corner of Italy. On account of the specialconditions of ninth-century Art in maritime Venice, I havedeemed it convenient to devote a separate chapter (the next)to the subject. In the meantime, let me note that the Italian-Byzantinestyle did not halt at Timavo, hut continued its road alongthe coasts of Istria and Dalmatia, adorning those cities withmonuments, that have in part survived. These I vdW indicateto the reader. Trieste.—Among a few remains of Italian-Byzantine worksof the eighth century, the Vinckelmann Museum possessesseveral Italian-Byzantine sculptures of
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