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 611
he two in the longitudinal axis of thebuilding, opens a shallow rectangularchapel. The dome is supported on eightnmssive piers carrying round arches, aiulin each angle is a detached column whoseentablature makes the impost of one greatstatue. Each face of the octagonal tam-bour has two round-headed… … :41.—Venice. Sta. Maria dei Miracoli connected by a triumphal arch. The ma-terials and decoration of the church aresumptuous. The exterior in white mar-ble is imposing and picturesque, the west- 523 VENICE
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