Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 142
, assigns tothe ninth century. It is decorated by an elegant archivoltcomposed of beautiful foliage, like those of Modena and Civi- 134 dale, among spindles and cordons, a cross on the edge, anda running pattern, that are true and uncorrupted models fromthe antique. Over the archivolt runs a sort… … BEATIS5IMUM MARTIREM ACRICOLAM HlC RIQUIESCIT IN DEI NOMINE * Fig. 54.—Sarcophagus of S. Agricola at S. Steiohen of Bologna—Xllth Century. (catino) with a long inscription — a not very regal giftfrom King Luitprand to that church, in the contiguousancient basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, once the…
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