Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 340
heavy bases, formedby a shell and a torus, which rest on a square plinth, the sides 23^ ol w liicli pvesont an enchasing going all round tlioni in a concavesemi-circle, a special characteristic of the Neo-13yzantine style.Among the upper capitals two are remarkahle for line intaglioand elegant… … Fig. 163.—Parapet of the Cathedral of Torcello—a.d. 1008. in the hush of acanthus at the base, in the central pine apple,and in the spirals forming curled up leaves and grapes, peckedat hy birds. But in tlie four other parapets of the facade,though one recognises the same style and the same epoch,…
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