 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Art museums - 1876 - 562 pages
...an inscription on the south wall gives the date of the consecration of the building by Pope Lucius III., in July 1184. I believe that the former date...bays, and each of these in the nave is equal to two in the aisles. The capitals here are very close imitations of classical work, with the abaci frequently... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1877 - 736 pages
...remaining, but that before the later date the whole exterior of the cathedral had been modernized, and the groining added inside. The work of both periods...cross arches between the groining bays, and each of those in the nave is equal to 2 of those in the aisles. The main arches and the triforium openings... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1884 - 344 pages
...the south wall gives the date of the consecration of the building by Pope Lucius III., in July 1 184. I believe that the former date represents the age...bays, and each of these in the nave is equal to two in the aisles. The capitals here nre very close imitations of classical work, with the abaci frequently... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Italy - 1897 - 744 pages
...remaining, but that before the later date the whole exterior of the cathedral had been modernized, and the groining added inside. The work of both periods...characteristic. The columns of the nave are alternately great brick piers and smaller circular columns of red marble. The great piers carry cross arches between... | |
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... carried on coupled shafts above. The cathedral is said to have been founded in 1099, but an inscription on the south wall gives the date of the consecration of the building by Pope Lucius III., in July 1184. I believe that the former date represents... 