A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 414
rchbeing under 9 ft. In the centre, im-mediately under the high altar of theUpper church, on a raised platform be- tween four stone piers, originally restedthe relics of St. Mark; this part beingmuch more highly ornamented than therest of the crypt. There seems no rea-son for doubting that the… … 394 ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE. Part II with almost identical dimensions and design (Woodcut No. 329), iscold, scattered, and unmeaning, because but a structural skeleton ofSt. Marks, without its adornments. The interior of the 13th-centuryGothic church is beautiful, even when whitewashed ; but these…
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