Gruner, Ludwig [Editor]; Lose, Friedrich [Editor]; Ottolini, Vittore [Editor]: The terra-cotta architecture of North Italy: (XIIth - XVth centuries) ; pourtrayed as examples for imitation in other countries (London, 1867)

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Plate 36.

DECORATIONS OF TWO WINDOWS AT THE SIDE OF
THE CATHEDRAL OF MONZA.

HESE two somewhat lofty and noble windows, with their remarkably
rich and beautiful framework, give light to the sacristry of Monza
Cathedral. The original plan may have been thus to decorate the
entire court, but if so it was never carried out. The style is derived from the
Lombard, but modified by the Bramantesque, and belongs to the very beginning
of the sixteenth century. The architect is unknown. The framework is in
a ruinous condition, having apparently been moulded of an inferior clay, which
is highly granular, and may have contained much earthy and organic matter.

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