Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of a tour in the north of Italy (1855)
Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881 · London, J.Murray · leaf 314
supported on trefoiled arches, and with small pin-nacles between the gables, all of which are crocketed;the mouldings are very flat, but in the pure whitemarble seen against the deep blue sky of Italy thisflatness is as much a virtue and a beauty, as itscounterpart executed in stone in chilly… … 228 MONZA. Chap. X. There is a large low cloister on the north side, andfrom this the central tower is best seen; it is of twostages in brick and stone, a good deal arcaded, andhas a pyramidal tiled roof, with a square turret inthe centre. This forms a dome internally, which ishowever (as is the…
