Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 508
columns carrying the ugly taber-nacle on the grave of St. Peter are one of the results of this bar-barous spoliation. The old door, also made of brass, which leadsfrom the portico into the interior has, on the contrary, been pre-served. The outer appearance of the round building is simpleand… … THE PANTHEON AT KOME. where the insertion of the vault becomes visible, look, perhaps,quite as beautiful as the original coating. The whole cylinder ofmasonry is divided into ^ \ ^- -- _^_ three stripes by means ofcornices, which break theheaviness of the outline, thedivisions ot the inner…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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