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Title: A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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chuich. after a thorou^^hreconstruction, wasconsecrated anew byPope Urban III. in1187. It was then aconsistently Lom-bard church, thoughretainini»- in variousportions fragmentsof the ohler work,even that of the earlybuildino- of the ninthcentury, but bearingthe local stamp whichwe have noted in itsneighbor San Zeno.Still later changes,chiefly in the fif-teenth and sixteenthcenturies, the laterunder Sanmichele,have taken awaymuch of its Lombardcharacter, particu-larly in its interioraspect: but enoughremains to showclearly what were its main features. The nave and aisles are in five bays, separated byhigh clustered piers of red marble, with capitals covered with freelydesigned leafage, carrying pointed arches, which, as well as the vault-ing of nave and aisles, belong to the later w^ork. The west front is a mixture of older and newer work, the dividing-line being plainly shown by the cornices and corbel-tables of theearly front, which still remain, and above wdiich the walls have been
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Fio-. 94. Verona. Doorwav on X. Flank of Cathedral. 152 AliClilTKCTLKE IN ITALY carried up to a greater height. The older portions are all of marble ;the newer are of brick, alternating with courses of marble. The threedivisions, corresponding to nave and aisles, are separated by thinpiers like those in the same position in San Zcno, and, like them, setcornerwise on the wall, with caj)itals near the cornice line. The greatfeature of the fac;ade is the central porch, in two stages, each with abroad round arch springing from columns. In the first story, whichis very like that of the porch of San Zeno, and which covers a deeplysplayed doorway with a multitude of small decorated shafts and))ilasters, the two front columns are covered with a spiral fluting,and rest on the backs of griffins. The soffit of the arch is decoratedwith bands of sculpture, partly in high relief. A narrow band of archaic sculpture, with a strongly projectingdecorated cornice over it, is carried across the front so

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