Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . imply ofbrick, with sunk arcaded panels and pedimented endswith brick dentils. The interior has lost the originalmarble lining of the lower part of the walP, but thewhole of the upper part and the ceiling above is coveredwith mosaic of the best kind, in which we still find tracesof good classic art (Plate XXIX). Our Lord as thePastor bonus is seated among his sheep, a gracefulyouthful figure that might have served for Orpheus orApollo. In so small a building as this the system ofcarrying the mosaic round all angles of arches andopenings has a less satisf
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . imply ofbrick, with sunk arcaded panels and pedimented endswith brick dentils. The interior has lost the originalmarble lining of the lower part of the walP, but thewhole of the upper part and the ceiling above is coveredwith mosaic of the best kind, in which we still find tracesof good classic art (Plate XXIX). Our Lord as thePastor bonus is seated among his sheep, a gracefulyouthful figure that might have served for Orpheus orApollo. In so small a building as this the system ofcarrying the mosaic round all angles of arches andopenings has a less satisfactory effect than when em-ployed on a large scale. There the want of a firm lineis not felt and the softened edge is not disagreeable butrather the reverse. But on a small scale the rounded anduneven forms of the arched lines have a somewhatbarbarous effect and this interior seems rather as ifhewn out of a rock, than regularly built. 1 Revisiting it in 1911 I found the wall had been lined with yellow Sienamarble about 12 years Plaic XXIX
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