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 174 A History of Art in Sardinia and Jud.ka. of its age, and to formulate with absolute certainty, 1 that the stones of the "second method" were raised under Justinian. Of the Single Gate, or rather postern, nothing is visible but a hole in the wall and a painted bay. There is no difference between the Triple and Double Gate, save in the number of their of Double Gate. De Vogué, Plate IV. openings ; and all that remains of the primitive structures, are débris that have been used in building some tasteless modern pillars ; they suffice, however, to determine that the old portals were coeval with the wall. A monumental stone, with sunken face, 1 De Vogué, Syrie Centrale Arch. Civile et Religious du premier au septième Siècle de notre ere, 2 vols, in 4. Baudry, 1865-77. The learned author by this work has added a chapter to the history of architecture ; for the greater portion of the monuments contained in his book had not been described before.