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 311
three round arches on piers. When, later, it was resolvedto build a great hall above, the supi^orting arcades were thoughtinsufficient as a foundation, and the three aisles were divided byintermediate rows of arches carried on columns. The hall is impos-ing from its size and height, and from its… … Fig. 450. Piacenza. Palazzo Pubblico. entirely free from interior supports. Its walls of brick masonry aredivided, as on the exterior, by thin pilaster strips, with two-lightpointed windows in the bays, and small round windows above. Theroof is a high-pointed timber arch with ribs some four feet…
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