A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 602
s (a.d. 835)is unrivalled either for richness or beauty of design by anything of thekind known to exist elsewhere, and the bnldacchino that surmounts itis also of singular beauty : so ai-e some of its old tombs, of the earliestChristian workmanship. Its mosaics, its pulpit, and the bronze doors,not… … 447. Atrium of San Ambrogio, Milan. (From Ferrario.i) Generally speaking, the most beautiful part of a Lombard churchis its eastern end. The apse with its gallery, the transepts, and aboveall the dome that almost invariably surmounts their intersection withthe choir, constitute a grouji which…
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