Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 232
hich has been raised above thewater level. Even now it is I believe below the highwater mark of the feeble Adriatic tides. The columnshave been raised, for the capitals would have beenoriginally more than a foot lower; they are now abovethe springing line of the lunettes, but a good part of 1… … THE URSIAX BAPTISTERY—RAVENNA CH. x] RAVENNA, ROMAN PERIOD 151 the shafts and the bases is still buried below the floor.The proportions of the interior have of course sufferedseriously by these alterations. The lunettes under the lower arches are now linedwith a dado of porphyry and marble, which…
