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594 BYZANTINE-ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE. Part II.
to select one more characteristic than the flank of the church of
Caserta Vecchia (1100-1153) (Woodcut No. 472). The windows are
small but numerous, and mark the number of bays in the interior.
The transept is slightly projected, and ornamented with an arcade at
the top, and above this rises a dome such as is found only in Calabria
or Sicily. The tower was added afterwards, and, though unsymme-
trical, assists in relieving a design which would otherwise run the risk
of being monotonous.
It was, however, on their entrance facades that the architects of
Southern Italy lavished their utmost care. The central doorways are
usually covered with rich hoods, supported by pillars resting on
monsters somewhat like those found in the North of Italy. Above
474. West Front of the Church of San Nicolo in Bari. (From a Sketch by A.
J. R. Gawen, Esq.)
to select one more characteristic than the flank of the church of
Caserta Vecchia (1100-1153) (Woodcut No. 472). The windows are
small but numerous, and mark the number of bays in the interior.
The transept is slightly projected, and ornamented with an arcade at
the top, and above this rises a dome such as is found only in Calabria
or Sicily. The tower was added afterwards, and, though unsymme-
trical, assists in relieving a design which would otherwise run the risk
of being monotonous.
It was, however, on their entrance facades that the architects of
Southern Italy lavished their utmost care. The central doorways are
usually covered with rich hoods, supported by pillars resting on
monsters somewhat like those found in the North of Italy. Above
474. West Front of the Church of San Nicolo in Bari. (From a Sketch by A.
J. R. Gawen, Esq.)