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 92
ral one contain^od tlie body of the Empress, that on the right thel)ody of her brother Honorius, and that on the left of her husband,Constantius. Butthe chief interestof this simple in-terior lies in thedecorative treat-ment of its sur-faces. The wallswere faced, tothe spring of thevaults, a… … Fig. 40. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Section. 62 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY the impost all the surfaces are covered with the original mosaics ofthe fifth century; those on the walls of the central tower and the endwalls of the arms bearing figures of apostles or saints, while those ofthe vaults are of…
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