Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)
Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London : J. and A. Arch · leaf 296
nally filled up withbasket-work like the rest. In the upright parts of the recess, there is atpresent no opening; but slabs of marble, between small mouldings, fillthem up entirely ; I rather suspect, however, that these have been addedto the original design. The capitals of the little columns… … Can I let you enter without saying one word of those enormous, uglyill-shaped domes, which crown the building ? Such as they are, beauty,not use is their object ; for there is a wide space between them and theinternal domes. They are covered with lead, and entirely without orna-ment ; surmounted by…
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