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 104
splendor of this exalted personage. In an epitaph quoted by Boito he is styled the radiant morning star, the marvel of the world, a friendly light to the Christians, adevouring: flame to the barbarians, etc., etc. 1 In another inscription, which records the consecration of the church in 1143,… … Fig. 294. Palermo. La Martorana. century. (Fig. 294.) The tower is in four well-marked stages, ofwhich the first two are plain and square, while the upper two aregreatly enriched by the addition of round angle turrets. The towerwas originally crowned by a hemispherical dome, which has now…
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