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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 548

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to ascertain, before the door isopened, the character of the person asking foradmission. VASSALLECTUS (VASALETO) : archi-tect, sculptor, and mosaicist. The name VassaUectus, variously spelled,appears in inscriptions on several monumentsof the thirteenth century in the vicinity ofRome. The most… … O 9 ■-xs; ■3 = g- ^ © §•■3 3)-Hi 2E <-3 &t3 ■^ X _;-• := ^ fc- _ ■— c ;5 *j t N P *^ — o X ^—X VASSALLBTO VAUDOYBR TUS HAC VaSSALLETTUS IN ARTE, CUM PATRECCEPIT OPUS QUOD SOLUS PEHFECIT IPSE. The inscription indicates that the sculptor beh)nge(lto a family o{ mnrmorarii (marble workers).…

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