Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 17
xviii Aix-la-Chapelle The exterior Among the capitals some are antique Corinthian, butmost of them have been renewed : and of the columnswhich were carried off by French invaders to Paris notall have come back. The exterior has now a monstrous fluted dome oftimber and slate, somewhat grotesque :… … Fig. 64. The metalwork much alike outside as well as inside. Further evidenceof Italian or Italo-Byzantine workmanship is afforded bythe mouldings of the cornices, which are rather clumsyversions of classic detail. The old bronze doors of the west and north entrancesstill hang on their hinges, and…
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