The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 186
nd bringing them into the generaldesign. The Popes and prelates of the Renaissance bore a BASILICAS 175 particular grudge against this part of the mediaeval liturgicalscheme and ruthlessly destroyed the entire choral structureincluding the ambones, so that it can now be seen only in S.Clemente in… … Amboue at S. Maria in Cosmedin.(c. 1120.) iconostasic screen, like the English wood screens, formed ofcolonnettes supporting an architrave which extended acrossthe entire nave. It served to support the hangings thatscreened the altar during part of the service. It has beencharmingly reconstructed…
Art -- Rome · Christian art and symbolism
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