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 459
sin, sunk three steps below thepavement; in the middle stands the vene-rated font of green basalt. The wall ofthe aisle has on four of its sides greatsquare panels filled witii pictures repre-senting the exploits of Constantine, abovewliicli are four square windows with taste-less decoration. The… … ROME Jolm the Baptist andJohntlie Evuiigelist ;and from a tliird side opens the oratoryof S. Veuauzio, a square apartment witha semicircular apse. The exterior is rpiitesimple, the only decorative feature beiii^an entrance portico of two an-tique Corinthian columns be-tween pilasters attached to…
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