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Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)

Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 114

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eesides by figures Avitli sacred subjects. The inscription thatencircles it says that it was ordered by King Piatchis (744-749),the son of Pemone, Duke of Friuli. The reader may imaginewhat sort of thing could issue from such hands. If the coarse- 109 ness of the times did not justify the presence… … * Fig. 37.—Altar of Eatcliis at Cividale (posterior part)—a.d. 744-749. the walls of our houses, especially if newly painted and white-washed. Truly, if all the sacred images that the eighth centuryoffered to the veneration of the faithful had heen of this stani]),one would almost find even the…

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