A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 426
tured with high reliefs ofexcellent style illustrating Minervas carefor womens work. The cornice is heavyand over-rich. In a niche in an attic be-tween the two columns, stands a statue ofMinerva. Between the columns is a flat-arched doorway which opened into theForum of Vespasian. The eatire… … fora, and was bordered on two sides l)y adouble peristyle. Except the portion un-covered in the Piazza del Foro Trajano,half of which was included in the greatBasilica UliDia, its site is almost entirelycovered with modern buildings. (See Ba-siUca UJpin and Culumj! of Trajan, alsoFig. 173.) Il…
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