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 211
the cross, and is covered by a sharpgable, with crockets still more singular than those already noticed,consisting of a mass of leafage out of which grows a half-lengthfigure. The finial, of extravagant size, is a winged figure of St. 1 This is Mr. Ruskins conclusion, but it seems by no means… … Fig. 366. Venice. Tomb of Fra Pacifico. THE GOTHIC 197 Michael trampling on a dragon. The face of the gable is decoratedwith mosaic, on which are set several panels enclosing half-lengthfigures in relief. The arch is flanked by very rich octagonal pin-nacles in three stages, of which the two lower…
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