Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)
Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London : J. and A. Arch · leaf 367
aces occur in the Saracenic remains; butinstead of forming it by carved mouldings, it generally consists of blackmarble inlaid on a white, or light-coloured ground. Other Normanornaments also occur, partly in relief, but more often in inlaid work.The western extremity has a square termination,… … The upper part contains a comparatively small window. The doorwaybelow preserves its arch entire, but the external moulding is broken andrecomposed in a zigzag manner. The composition has no beauty, and iscertainly not coeval with the building. I cannot pretend to assign it adate, but there are in…
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