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Rh Be. VIII. Ch. VI. FLORENCE. 371 796. The Old and New Cathedrals at Naples. (From Schultz.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. supporting? two great arches which run up to the roof. The whole of the inner^ compartment is occupied by a crypt or under-church open to the nave, above which is the choir and altar-niche, approached by flights of steps in the aisles. The entire arrangement, together with the division of the nave into three compartments, is most satisfactory, and the proportions of the whole are very appro- priate. The pillars themselves are so nearly classical in design that they were probably taken from some ancient building, and the architraves and string-courses are all well designed and fitted to the places they occupy. The principal ornament of the interior is an inlaid pattern of simple design, sufficient to relieve the monotony of the interior, but ^^^,„,^i- °f?,?^'^ ^/aTiha^^^^^^^ without producing any confusion. The ex- '^^ZT^Tostton.llun. terior depends principally, like the interior, for its effect on colored panelling, but has a range of blind arches running round the sides and across the front. The fa9ade, however,