Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 14
t its foreign origin. Eginhardt tells us thatCharlemagne imported columns and marbles for the workfrom Ravenna and Rome^ and he is supposed to havestripped and ruined the splendid palace of Theodoric atthe former city which has now practically disappeared.But besides materials there can be little… … AIX-LA-CIiArELLE CH. xviii] GERMAN ROMANESQUE 3 imported from Italy his architect and his principal Aix-ia-builders. The resemblance to S. Vitale is very strong,and yet there is sufficient difference to show that thebuilders were men of originality, able to think for them-selves, not tied to a…
