Historical and Architectural Sketches: Chiefly ItalianMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 326 pages |
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Aachen Alps amphitheatre ancient Ancona Aosta apse arcades arches architects architecture Augustus Aurelian basilica Brescia building Cæsar campanile capitals cathedral century choir Christian church of St classical clerestory columns common commonwealth connexion Crown 8vo cupola dominion duomo earlier ecclesiastical Edition Emperor England English entablature Etruscan Extra fcap fcap feature Fiesole Florence gate Gelnhausen German Goth Gothic Greek height hill Imperial Innsbrück Italian Romanesque Italy kind King King of Italy kingdom Kymê land later legend less Lombard look Lucca Lucchese medieval mid-wall shafts Milan Miniato minster Modena modern monuments Monza nave noble Northern ornament palace pass perhaps Peter's piers Pisa Pope Professor range Ravenna Rimini rival Roman Rome round side spot stand strange style temple Teutonic Theodoric things tomb Torcello towers transept Trent Trier triforium Tusculum Venice Vercelli Verona wall west front western whole Zeno
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