File:Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado (1887) (14596821640).jpg

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Title: Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924
Subjects: Art
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon press
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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the panels, and theseare arranged symmetrically in pairs on the oppositesides of the apse ; while the central panel over thebishops seat is inlaid with a gold cross on a groundof serpentine and mother-of-pearl surmountinga hill or dome between two lighted candlesticks \The cypher of Euphrasius occurring twice in theinlay proves it to be a work of the time of Jus-tinian and coeval with the basilica. The wholedado is finished by a cornice of acanthus leavesmoulded in stucco, which runs round the apse andis also of the original date. The remainder of the drum of the apse containingthe four windows, and the semidome above it areentirely covered with glass mosaic. In the dome ^ Each panel being flat, the dado forms a succession of obtuseangles as it rounds the apse; but, in order to disguise this, theangles of the upper part, which forms a frieze and is divided fromthe lower by a marble beading, are not placed over the angles ofthe lower part, but half-way between them. Parenzo. Plate LXU.
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TG J Ch. XXXI.) Parenzo: the Duomo, 321 are large figures on a golden ground with cloudletsof crimson and blue floating above their heads. TheVirgin Mary occupies the centre, clothed in a darkmantle and white undergarment embroidered withgold, and with her head encircled by a nimbus.The infant Saviour is dressed in white and gold, andholds a roll in one hand and raises the other in theattitude of blessing. From the sunset-tinted cloudsabove emerges a hand holding a jewelled wreath orcrown. On each side of this central group is anangel, and beyond the angel three large figures.Those to the left have their names written,CLAVDivs ARC • ^ being the extreme figure, holdinga book; next to him comes bvphrasivs • EPS • with asmall figure of his son evphrasiys • fil • arc, andthen STVS mavrvs holding a jewelled urn. Thebishop holds his church, a three-aisled basilica withone apse resembling the actual building, and wearsa purple robe reaching below the knee ; the restare dressed Roma

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