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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 170

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lim, rugged, but notinelegant capitals are exhibited in themuseum of Capua. They are clearlyrelated to the more simple ones ofIstria or Venetia. The same museum also containsthe least barbarous figure that remainsto us of the Greek eighth-century workin Italy. It represents an angel, whosefeet are… … Fig. 78.—Bas-relief in theMuseum at Capua —Vlllth Century. 16.5 relief iiisignitiraiit, the folds crudely traced. As a whole it isa barbarous Avork. S. AxGELO-iN-FoRMis.—Three kilometers from Capua, onthe side of Mount Tifata, rises the old basilica of S. Angelo-in-Forniis, famous esi)cciall3- for…

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