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 250
a seriesof large circles formed by the stem of an acanthus, the leaves fillingthe circle, the composition quite masterly ; the centre is occupied asusual by a cross in a circle.^ Another at Behio has two lines ofinterlacing circles, with pearls, crosses, flowers, rosettes, etc. The capitals in… … Fig. 158. Dana. Door-bead. freedom from classic traditions which we observe in the cornices andlintels. An elongated capital from a sixth century church at DeirSeta shows the acanthus treated in much the same manner as in theearlier churches of Constantinople. Such was the character of the…
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