Interior Walls
Inside of Side Opposite Augustus
original north side
Rigorous design with exquisite carving: Like the exterior walls, the interior walls are structured within the powerful geometry of corner pilasters, base, cornice, and intermediate, horizontal stringcourse. In the interior, however, the pilaster are flat, the base plain, and the stringcourse a gentle lotus and palmette design.
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Looking along front of sacrificial altar to original north side wall. 14mm lens, photo July 2008 |
Same wall as in photo at left. photo July 2008
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Same wall as in photos at left, significant remnants of wooden fencing design. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
The far-right side of this festoon panel is a modern cast, but the main portion is the original marble. It was rediscovered in 1899 in the Gesù, where it was being used face down as the tombstone of Monsignor Poggi, who died in 1628. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Upper-left portion of festoon panel in photo at left. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Angle view of same Corinthian capital, bent at center to fit inside corner. photo July-Oct. 2008
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In this photo, damaged original at left, modern copy at right - zoom in to compare details on either side of crack. photo July-Oct. 2008 |
Libation bowl, the center sometimes thought to symbolize a navel. photo July-Oct. 2008
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Important surviving fragment of palmette design adjusted to fit end of stringcourse. photo July-Oct. 2008 |