Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . n the ot^cinhlc the ordinarv sarcopliagi of thePayaiis: that is to say. it is of ohloiii; foviii. is closed with akind of douhle lid, and tinislicd at the angles with large ante-fixes, on which Avere sculptured the anus of the doges. On thefront is the inscription (which has supplanted one more ancient),framed hy meagre mouldings and llanl-ced hy two angels bearingcensers, holding the place of tin- old Pagan genii. On the frontside of the covercle, which is divided into three parts, is sculp-tur
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . n the ot^cinhlc the ordinarv sarcopliagi of thePayaiis: that is to say. it is of ohloiii; foviii. is closed with akind of douhle lid, and tinislicd at the angles with large ante-fixes, on which Avere sculptured the anus of the doges. On thefront is the inscription (which has supplanted one more ancient),framed hy meagre mouldings and llanl-ced hy two angels bearingcensers, holding the place of tin- old Pagan genii. On the frontside of the covercle, which is divided into three parts, is sculp-tured (in the centre) the cross with the two doves underneath,and (on the sides) two smaller crosses i^lanted on globes. most the coarseness of the work when looking at the twofigures of the angels. There is still something of roundness intheir heads, but the bodies are squat and scraggy, like the saintswe saw on the ambos of Ivavenna of the same date, not tomention that the lines have lost all idea of truth and taste, beingsimply like waves of the sea. The angles of the sarcophagi are. K
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