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4 GERMAN ROMANESQUE [CH. xvmAix-la-ChapelleTheexteiiorAmong the capitalsmost of them have been renewed :which were carried off byall have come back.some are antique Corinthian, butand of the columnsFrench invaders to Paris notThe exterior has now a monstrous fluted dome oftimber and slate, somewhat grotesque: but probablyithad originallya plain pyramidal roof rising from wallscarried up as a drum, concealing the dome ;and thenthe two churches at Aix and Ravenna would have beenAIX'JLA-CHAPELLE.presentFig. 6 4 .much alike outside as well as inside. Further evidenceof Italian or Italo-Byzantine workmanshipisafforded bythe mouldings of the cornices, which are rather clumsyThe metalworkversions of classic detail.The old bronze doors of the west and north entrancesstillhang on their hinges, and the gallery front has itsbronze cancelli.The stunted proportion of the lower order and theabsence of bases give the impression that the floor levelhas been raised.