Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 185
made it look concaveif it had been quite flat; or merely so that the rain which entersthrough the eye could more easily run off. The doorway opening to the rotunda is 40 feet high and 20 Doorwayfeet wide. At the sides are pilasters of cast bronze, whichform the door frame. The doors themselves are… … Fig. 91. gold. These are the oldest and at the same time the finest ancientdoors in Eome, and, together with the somewhat similar ones inthe Temple of Eomulus, c. 300, in the Forum (now the Church ofSti. Cosma and Damiano), show what Eoman craftsmanship wascapable of producing in metal. The…
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