Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 267
the lower-story walls, and superposed tiers of free arches oncolumns in the upper stories of the front. Inlaid pat-terns, chiefly geometric, adorned the tympana and 239 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT spandrels of the lower arches (Fig. 242). Carvingwas sparingly used, but the capitals were carefullycarved… … FiG. 242. IxLAiu Patterns, Pisa Cathedral. chele (Figure 244) show rich inlays of black on white,with fantastic grotesques, due perhaps to Lombard in-fluence which is also seen in some of the columns, and inthe lions or monsters which serve as bases to columns inmany churches. Some of the carving…
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