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The church of S. Maria antiqua (1902)

Rushforth, G. McN. (Gordon McNeil), 1862-1938, Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931. Classical topography of the Roman campagna · London : [Macmillan & Co.] · leaf 161

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hese remains have now disappeared, but, besides the mosaicpavement mentioned above, fragments of marble reliefs and an Ioniccapital testify to the presence of an important building here. A few yearsago a marble cippus was found here decorated with reliefs on all four sides.The front represents the… … Fig. i.—Tufa Quarries (Grotte di Cervara) either side, one of which holds a snake. The cippus measures 071 m. inwidth by C53 in depth : the top is broken off, and the height is at presentl02 m. To the S.E., not far from the road, are the remains of a villa.On the N. of the casale, at a distance of…

Santa Maria Antiqua (Church : Rome, Italy) · Church decoration and ornament · Art, Byzantine

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