Rambles in Rome; an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna (1887)
Forbes, S. Russell · London, New York, T.Nelson · leaf 196
o.sed of biick,wan covered anrl endHjlli.shed with a coating of stucco. On the uppercornice, at tlie back, between the consoles, portions f)f terra-cottidecorations .still remain, seeming to liave fonned ]>art <»f this orna-mental fa<ing. Tn our examination of the interior, we are,… … i:)i RAMHLK III. **So much, however, m;iv l»o discoveivil even on a supeiticial sur-vey—Uiunely, that tlie architect has everywhere endeavoured, notmerely to diminish the pressure on the walls of the lower belt (whichis nearly twenty feet thick) hy inserting hollow chaml)ei>s, but has^iven them…
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