Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . ery obtuse, giving in front anangle instead of a side ; and interiorly it presents a square,rounded at tlie amjles bv curved sides, wbicli. as thev ascend. 26l Hrow laryvr and lai^cr until the s(|iiarf is cliaiiifcd iiisciisil)]vinto a circle, and becomes the base ui a hemispheric cupola. Thecupola and apsides are covered with a roof inclining to therectilinear, resting directly on its arches. On the summit of theedifice a small square tower, having a double window, rises, whichwould seem to be
Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches . ery obtuse, giving in front anangle instead of a side ; and interiorly it presents a square,rounded at tlie amjles bv curved sides, wbicli. as thev ascend. 26l Hrow laryvr and lai^cr until the s(|iiarf is cliaiiifcd iiisciisil)]vinto a circle, and becomes the base ui a hemispheric cupola. Thecupola and apsides are covered with a roof inclining to therectilinear, resting directly on its arches. On the summit of theedifice a small square tower, having a double window, rises, whichwould seem to be a subsequent addition. Below, the octagon isenlivened by the habitual little niches very close together, andframed by small projecting arches, reproducing by that, evenbetter than those of Alliate, the others of Milan. On each ofthe sides of the octagon there opens a small balistraria withdouble sloping. The lower (puidrilubate tloor is equally ornamented below thecornice witli similar niches, but here the little arches in relief areby four and four, supported by long vertical projections which.
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