[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire CHAPTER XXXIX: Gothic Kingdom Of Italy 4/54
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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