Part 18

Eight bays divide the nave from the aisles. Their stilted arches are supported by granite monoliths. The capitals of these are pure Corinthian, and Corinthian with cornucopiæ volutes and medallion heads. Above the abacus of each capital is the simple Norman bowl capital inlaid with rich mosaic. It is from these that the glorious colour-scheme springs--above and around, the eye finds nothing but mosaic. The lower portion of the walls of the aisles is composed of marble slabs separated from one another by inlay of Moorish design. In the north chancel aisle are the tombs of Roger, Duke of Apulia, and Henry, Prince of Capua, two sons of William the Bad. In the south chancel aisle are the tombs of William the Good and William II. Just as Palermo's cathedral is a fit resting-place for the remains of some of the Norman kings, so is this grand fabric for the bodies of those of the same royal line who here repose in peace.

[Illustration: THE CLOISTERS, MONREALE]

Adjoining the cathedral, on the south side, is all that is left of the original Benedictine monastery. The celebrated cloisters, of which we speak, are more Arab than Norman, and more infidel than Christian in their architecture. The two flat members of the Moorish arches are decorated with black _tufa_ lozenges and spearheads. The coupled columns are nowhere approached in beauty and delicacy, save in S. Paolo fuori at Rome. Arabesques cover some of them; all were at one time richly inlaid with mosaic. Some are chevroned, others of lozenge pattern, or billeted, or twisted and spiral. Their capitals are one and all of extreme interest. One shows on its carved surface Norman knights in chain mail engaged in combat with Saracens; another, Roman gladiators slaying Christian victims. Birds, beasts, and subjects from the Old Testament, intricate foliage and vines add to a variety which is not to be found anywhere else in the cloistered courts of Italy. The illustration gives a corner of this beautiful spot where a fountain splashes and plays, adding to the delights of a well-kept garden and the sweet scent of flowers.

INDEX

Ahrler, Heinrich, 9

Alberti, Leo Battista, 93, 195

Alexander II, 170

Alexander III., 67

Alfred the Great, 21

Amalfi, 280

Ambrose, S., 13

Angelico, Fra, 197, 236, 255

Angelo, Michael, 136, 188, 191-3, 223, 236, 244, 247-8, 252

Antelami, Benedetto, 141

Antenor, 49

Anthony, S., 49

Ariosto, 101

Arnulphus, 15

Assisi, Church of S. Maria, 211-13; cathedral, 214; general description, 214-15

Attila, 7

Augustine, S., 18-19

Augustus, 107

Baldus, 57

Bank of Genoa, 148-9

Barbarossa, Frederick, 67

Bastianino, 103

Bellagio, 2

Bellini, 25

Benedict XI., 205

Benedict XIV., 250

Benenato, 164

Bergamo, cathedral, 24-26; other buildings, 23-24, 27

Bernardino, S., 202, 204, 224

Bernardone, Giovanni, 215

Bernini, 243, 246-7

Bisone, Bono da, 139

Boethius, 21

Bologna, Giovanni da, 126

Bologna, history, 123-5; cathedral, 130-1; other buildings, 125-9, 131-6; university, 133

Bonannus, 160, 164

Bonaventure, Nicholas, 10

Borromeo, S. Charles, 10-12

Borsi, Pier, 181

Bouillon, Godfrey de, 145

Bramante, 4, 9, 17, 126, 244

Breakspeare, Nicholas, 248

Brescia, Roman remains, 29-30; la Rotunda, 30-31; Duomo Nuovo, 31-32; other buildings, 32-33

Browning, Robert, 81

Brunelleschi, 186, 194, 196

Bruni, Leonardo, 193

Burlammachi, Francesco, 169

Busketus, 159

Byron, 109, 166

Cadenabbia, 2

Caedwalla, 253

Cæsar, Julius, 91, 170

Caligula, 261

Calvin, 101

Camaldoli, 275

Cambio, Arnolfo di, 183, 187, 189, 194, 222

Capri, 265, 277

Carabelli, 9

Caretti, Ilaria, 173

Carracci, 130-1

Carrara family, 51

Catherine, S., 224

Cellini, Benvenuto, 184, 248

Ceolfrid, 192

Charlemagne, 39, 115, 242

Charles V., 130, 230

Chiusi, 202

Cimabue, 196, 213

Clement VII., 230

Colleoni, 26

Columbus, 150

Como, history, 1-2; cathedral, 2-4; town hall, 4-5; industries, 5

Constantine the Great, 241, 243, 250, 253

Correggio, 137, 139, 140, 142

Dante, 37, 49, 109, 180, 185, 193

Diotisalvi, 162, 165

Dominic, S., 134-5

Donatello, 52, 55, 58, 77, 166, 181, 185, 194, 223, 252

Donizetti, 27

Doria, Filippo, 154

Ducci, Agostino, 203

Duccio da Siena, 196

Embrianco, Guglielmo, 145, 151

Enzio, 124, 127, 135

Este family, 99-101

Fabris, Emilie di, 187

Fanti, General, 200

Farnese family, 138

Felsina, 125

Ferrara, history, 99-100; cathedral, 101-4

Florence, general description, 179-82; Palazzo Vecchio, 182-4; Campanile, 186-7; cathedral, 187-9; Baptistery, 189-90; other buildings, 184-186, 190-8

Fiesole, Mino da, 206

Foix, Gaston de, 108

Francis of Assisi, S., 211-2, 215-6

Francis II., King of Naples, 266

Frederick II., Emperor, 57

Frediano, S., 170, 174

Fuga, 289

Gaddi, Agnolo, 194

Gaddi, Taddeo, 186

Galileo, 57, 164

Gambara, 140

Garibaldi, 156, 207

Genoa, history, 145; general description, 146-8; cathedral, 151-4; churches, 154-6; palaces, 148-51; rivalry with Pisa, 166

Ghiberti, 189

Giaconda, Fra, 36

Giotto, 49, 52, 58, 186, 194, 198, 213, 248

Giovanni, Fra, 58

Giudetto, 171, 176

Giugni, 175

Glycon, 267

Gozzoli, 165

Grail, Holy, 145

Gregory the Great, 283

Guiscard, Robert, 279-80

Hadrian, 262

Hauteville, Roger de, 291

Hecuba, Queen of Cyprus, 212

Januarius, S., 268-9

Julius II., 244-5

Julius III., 201

Ketterick, John, 194

Lanfranc, 21

Leo XIII., 205

Leopardi, Alessandro, 77

Lombardi, Martino, 77

Lombards, 126, 129, 136

Lucca, history, 169-70; cathedral, 170-3; other buildings, 173-8

Luini, Bernardino, 4

Lurago, Rocco, 150

Malatesta family, 93-98

Matthew, S., 282

Mazzuola, 140

Medici family, 12, 183, 190-3, 197-8

Mehemet Ali, 254

Michelozzo, 183

Milan, history, 7, 15; cathedral, 8-12; Church of S. Ambrose, 12-15

Mino, Giacomo di, 223

Misericordia, Compagnia della, 181-2

Monreale, 299-303

Montaldo, Leonardo, 155

Morone, Andrea, 51

Myrra, 154

Naples, history, 265-6; museum, 267; cathedral, 268-269; other buildings, 270-5; general description, 275-7

Nero, 263

Nesso, 1

Nicodemus, 173

Offamilio, Gualterio, 287

Orsini, Niccolo, 75

Orvieto, general description, 229-31, 236-8; cathedral, 231-6

Pacifico, Beato, 79

Padua, history, 49; cathedral, 50; university, 57; other buildings, 50-59

Palermo, general description, 285-8, 299; cathedral, 288-292; Cappella Palatina, 292-295; other buildings, 295-303

Palladio, 33, 82

Parma, history, 138; cathedral, 138-141; Baptistery, 141-2

Parmesan cheese, 22

Paul III., 200

Pavia, history, 17; cathedral, 17-19; other buildings, 20-21

Pellegrini, 10, 11

Pepo, 133

Perugia, general description, 199, 208-9; cathedral, 200-3; churches, 203-6; other buildings, 206-8

Perugino, 206-7

Petrarch, 50

Piacenza, Bartolino da, 142

Piacenza, Giovanni da, 143

Pietro, Lorenzo di, 222

Pisa, general description, 157; cathedral, 158-62; Baptistery, 162-4; other buildings, 164-7

Pisano, Andrea, 189

Pisano, Giovanni, 205, 219-20, 222, 232

Pisano, Niccolo, 53, 135-6; 163, 165-6, 177, 199, 221-2, 232

Piscopia, Elena, 57

Pius IV., 11

Polo, Marco, 146

Porta, Guglielmo della, 248

Procida, John of, 282

Puccio, Pietro di, 235

Quercia, Jacopo della, 129

Quercia, Giacomo della, 223

Raphael, 231, 256

Ravenna, history, 107-8; mosaics, 109-13, 115-7; cathedral, 113-5; other buildings, 118-21

Reggio, Niccolo da, 142

Reni, Guido, 135

Ricchini, 12

Riccio, Andrea, 55

Rienzi, 253

Rimini, history, 91-3; cathedral, 93-8

Robbia, Della, 174, 186, 188, 197

Rocci, Cristoforo, 17

Rodario, 2-3

Romana, Ezzelino da, 141

Romano, Giulio, 9

Rome, general description, 239-41; S. Peter's, 243-9; Colosseum, 250; S. John Lateran, 251-3; other buildings, 241-3, 253-63

Rossi, Alessandro, 41

Rusca, 9

Salerno, history, 279-80; cathedral, 280-4

San Marino, 98

Sanmicheli, 36, 40, 45, 55

Sansovino, 33, 54, 62

Savonarola, 182, 184, 197

Scaligeri, 37-9

Siena, general description, 217, 227-8; cathedral, 218-23; other buildings, 223-7

Signorelli, Luca, 235-6

Spazi, 2

Talenti, Francesco, 186

Tasso, 101, 145

Terribilia, 126

Theodoric, 108, 120

Thomas Aquinas, S., 273, 279

Tiberius, 179, 265

Titian, 66

Tivoli, 249

Torcello, 86-90

Tours, 14

Trent, Council of, 11

Tribolo, 128-9

Ugolino, 235

Varenna, 2

Vasari, 166, 188, 193

Venice, S. Mark's, 62-73; Church of SS. Giovanni and Paolo, 73-7; of the Frari, 77-9; Doge's palace, 82-5; other buildings, 61-2, 79-82, 85-6

Verona, history, 35-7; cathedral, 39-41; other buildings, 36-38, 41-7

Verrochio, Andrea, 77, 184

Vinci, L. da, 9, 77

Visconti, Gian Galeazzo, 9, 17

Wolvinius, 13

Zeno, S., 43

Zenobius, St., 188

Zuccaro, 188

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