XXXVI. Portion of the Pavement in the Baptistery, Florence, Italy.
XXXVII. Portion of the Pavement in the Baptistery, Florence, Italy.
XXXIII to XXXVII.
PORTIONS OF THE PAVEMENT IN THE BAPTISTERY, FLORENCE, ITALY.
One exception should be made to the remarks above in relation to true mosaic. The lower left-hand portion of plate XXXVI is without doubt made up of small pieces put together after the manner of the old Roman mosaics, and it is possible that the portion shown in the upper left-hand corner of the same plate is made in the same way. There are several parts of the floor laid in this manner, but they are distinctly secondary in interest to the inlaid portions.
The pavement is divided irregularly by squares and rectangles, the portion especially rich in ornament being that between the door and the altar. The rectangular patterns are irregularly cut into by special pavements, placed before several of the monumental tombs in the walls.
XXXVIII. Portion of the Pavement in the Church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy.