A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company · leaf 246
riesof large circles formed by the stem of an acanthus, the leaves fillingthe circle, the composition quite masterly : the centre is occu])ied asusual by a cross in a circle.^ Another at Behio has two lines ofinterlacing circles, with j)earls, crosses, flowers, rosettes, etc. The capitals in these… … rJ/M Fig. l.)8. Dana. Door-head. freedom from classic traditions wliich we observe in the cornices andlintels. An elongated capital from a sixth century church at DeirSeta shows the acanthus treated in much the same manner as in theearlier churches of Constantinople. Such was the character of the…
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