The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 03, March 1895 / The Cloister at Monreale, Near Palermo, Sicily

by Various

XVIII.

CAPITALS FROM THE CLOISTER OF MONREALE, SICILY.

A common device in most of the Romanesque cloisters for adding interest to the long colonnade was the grouping of two columns of dissimilar design. This plan is followed here in treating the mosaic inlay vertically in one and horizontally in the other.

XIX. Capitals from the Cloister of Monreale, Sicily.

XIX.

CAPITALS FROM THE CLOISTER OF MONREALE, SICILY.

The design of the capitals shown in this plate follows the Corinthian model very closely.

XX. The Cloister of Monreale, Sicily.