XXXIX. Portion of the Pavement in the Church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy.
XL. Portion of the Pavement in the Church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy.
XXXVIII to XL.
PORTIONS OF THE PAVEMENT IN THE CHURCH OF SAN MINIATO AL MONTE, FLORENCE, ITALY.
In the first of these plates there is a suggestion of the mosaic treatment commonly seen in the pavements of Rome, Venice, and Siena. The sort of guilloche of interlacing circles was very generally used.
Plate XL on the other hand is as plainly reminiscent of textile designs as it well might be; and in plate XXXIII from the Baptistery the same characteristic can be seen.