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Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado (1887)

Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Oxford, Clarendon Press · leaf 359

An illustration from Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado, 1887, leaf 359
eavy abacus carved with a leaf ornament. Two of the columns are cylindrical and two octagonal, and on the four cushion faces that are turned towards the centre of the chamber are distributed the letters of the royal name of Coloman (Fig. 13). From these capitals spring two heavy diagonal ribs of… … The little window in the south side of this chapel has for a lintel a fragment, set upside down, of a classic frieze carved with dolphins. The upper part of the tower is worth studying for the largeness of its window openings and the hardihood of its construc- tion. Several pillars of the upper…

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