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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XXXIX: Gothic Kingdom Of Italy
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240,) Maffei traces him with knowledge and pleasure in his native country, (l.ix.

p.
230--236.)] [Footnote 71: See Maffei, (Verona Illustrata, Part i.p.231, 232, 308, &c.) His amputes Gothic architecture, like the corruption of language, writing &c., not to the Barbarians, but to the Italians themselves.
Compare his sentiments with those of Tiraboschi, (tom.iii.p.

61.) * Note: Mr.Hallam (vol.iii.p.

432) observes that "the image of Theodoric's palace" is represented in Maffei, not from a coin, but from a seal.

Compare D'Agincourt (Storia dell'arte, Italian Transl., Arcitecttura, Plate xvii.No.2, and Pittura, Plate xvi.No.


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