Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 426
has entirely dis-appeared. This was theshrine of Simplicius, Fans ti-nus and Beatrice, erectedin Sta. Maria Maggiore,Rome, by Giovanni Capoc-cio. It was torn from thechurch and sold to SirWilliam Hamilton, fromwhom Walpole obtained it.There is, at the Societyof Antiquaries, a large andadmirable… … Fig. 122. Altar of Cosmati workformerly in S. M. Maggiore, Rome, 284 FLORENCE DUOMO one, the shrine being upborne on porphyry coUimns, andrising to a total height of twenty-five feet. On the base of the shrine was a mosaic of Capoccio andhis wife offering an image of the altar-shrine to the…
Art, Medieval
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