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
lding, which is composed of brick,was covered and embellished with a coating of stucco. On the uppercornice, at the back, between the consoles, j^ortions of terra-cottadecorations still remain, seeming to have formed part of this orna-mental facing. In our examination of the interior, we are,… … 154 RAMBLi: III. So much, however, may be discovered even on a siiperticial sur-vey—namely, that the architect has everywhere endeavoured, notmerely to diminish the pressure on the walls of the lower belt (whichis nearly twenty feet thick) b} insei-ting hollow chambers, but hasgiven them additional…
