Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 191
Fig. 89.—Base of Column inthe Chapel of S. Zeuone,Kome—A.D. 817-824. i83 … called oiniii rcrntlciihtfum, and adopted tliat of little pieces ofmarble cut into various geometrical forms, so as to obtainelegant designs. This new system—probably imported fromthe Greeks in the eighth century—developed slowly but surelyin Italy during the ninth and tenth centuries, and in the…
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