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 205
and in the Po, nearFerrara, are the re-mains of a monasteryfounded, according toRieci, before 874, witha church dating fromabout 1115, on whoseflank stands a loftycampanile, littleknown, which is, nev-ertheless, one of themost notable towersin Italy. It has ninestoiies : the faces ofthe wall are… … Fi<r. li;i Tower of Cathedral. Mantua. THE LOMBARD ROMANESQUE 175 opening in each face, and the tower finishingwith four stumjjy pyramidal pinnacles and aconical spire.^ (Fig. 114.) The simple massive shaft of Torcello furn-ishes a striking instance of an individual treat-ment. A pilaster striji…
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