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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 435

An illustration from Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350, 1904, leaf 435
reliefs of the Virtues, 1383-7. Orvieto Cathedral, or at least its splendid facade, is awork of the Cosmati school. (Plate 65.) The church wasbegun to be built in 1290 on a plan more Basilican thanGothic. An interesting point is the way in which lateral 288 ORVIETO resistance is obtained by a…

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