271 my visit by opening the stucco pier. This column and a similar one on the pier farther east ran up like vaulting shafts, though it is clear no vaulting was ever contemplated. The capitals are either of debased Roman work, or rude imitations of it in later times. They are all Corinthian in type,… … in front of which were once coupled colonnettes supporting the moulded impost1. The little arches have alternate voussoirs of white stone and red breccia marble, and in their openings is a balustrade with a deceptively early look. The upper part of the walls with the roof and ceiling are…
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