Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 208
ptured marble; it was very frequently surmounted byan ornamental roof supported upon columns. The most interesting ancient cantharus of which we haveany notice was that which adorned the atrium of S. Peters.It was erected by Symmachus (498-514) in substitution of anearlier and simpler one. The… … Fig. 60. — Bronze cantharus formerlyin the atrium of b. Peters. 180 ARCHITECTUBE peacocks which adorned the roof, are preserved in one of thecourtyards of the Vatican Palace. It is supposed that the pea-cocks were taken from the mausoleum of Hadrian (Castel S.Angelo), and it is not unlikely that…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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