Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 111
U blown, I Ob or in the girandole fashion, we see animals of rude designchiselled inexi^ertly. The doves, peacocks, and stags, drinkingat the fount, are connected with the symbolism of the firstChristian ages ; but those winged griffins, the two lions thatare about to bite the two rabbits, and… … * Fig. 35.—Fragments of the Balustrades of the Baptistery at Civiclale—a.d. 737. did they become familinr to all the sacred buildings in Europe.Tbe baptistery of Cividale merits, therefore, special considera-tion, for it ofters one of the lirst examples in Italy of theserepresentations of animals,…
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