Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 33
r-ter of a circle,flanked by twonarrow recti-lineal wings.The ornamenta-tion, like thewhole, is almostcopied from the ¥,ambo of the kcathedral con-structed in thefirst half ofthe century byArchbishop Ag-nello, and con-sists of littlesquares sym-metrically dis-tributed over thewhole surface ofthe… … Fig. 1.—Ambo of SS. John and Paul at Ravenna—a.d. 597. 29 squares of the wings arc larger tlian the rest, and enclose thefigures of the titular saints of the Church. The whole is terniinatodhy a cornice of little leaves and olive moulding. In truth,even if the inscription did not proclaim the date,…
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