. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. entre^ K. de Fleury, pi. 7 ; Mothes, p. 373. IlII-: CKNTIJAI- IJHM ANKSf^IK *^i arch aiitl llu* lozon;e-slKii)e(l inlay in tlur otht r two, tlio vvliohr kim-inoiintcd hy (he h)W «;jihh5 iinswerin» , at a very early date not now known. In 990 it seems tohave belonged to a rich citizen of Pisa named Stcfano, who, wishingto restore and enhirge it, i)nt the work in the hands of two monks,from the Benedictine monast(My of Nonantnla near Modena, —. Fig-. 221. Pisa. S. Paolo a Ripa d Arno. Pi
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. entre^ K. de Fleury, pi. 7 ; Mothes, p. 373. IlII-: CKNTIJAI- IJHM ANKSf^IK *^i arch aiitl llu* lozon;e-slKii)e(l inlay in tlur otht r two, tlio vvliohr kim-inoiintcd hy (he h)W «;jihh5 iinswerin» , at a very early date not now known. In 990 it seems tohave belonged to a rich citizen of Pisa named Stcfano, who, wishingto restore and enhirge it, i)nt the work in the hands of two monks,from the Benedictine monast(My of Nonantnla near Modena, —. Fig-. 221. Pisa. S. Paolo a Ripa d Arno. Pietro and his nephew Buono. Bnono, who appears to have been the active member, is said to have made journeys to Rome and to the island of Elba in search of materials for the work, and to have 1 R. de Fleury, pi. 33. - Ibid., p. 94. pi. 33 ; Mothes, p. 729. 292 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY S. Caterina. brought shafts and capitals, ami perhaps other fragments, from bothsources. The church was lengthened, and a new facade and cam-panile added. The work was finished in 1018. Mothes presumesonly the lower portion of the i)resent facade to have been the workof Buono, the church liaving undergone a second restoration in 1304,wlien it is probable that the three arcaded galleries were built, whichbrought the fa(;ade into general resemblance with the Pisan others of the later churches of Pisa, however, these galleriesare composed of narrow i)ointed and cusped arches, the columnsbeing only slightly removed from the wall behind. The fa<^ade hasmuch
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