BOOK I

ROMANO-LOMBARD ARCHITECTS

CHAP. I. THE GUILD OF THE COMACINE MASTERS 3

II. THE COMACINES UNDER THE LONGOBARDS 31

III. CIVIL ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE LONGOBARDS 60

IV. COMACINE ORNAMENTATION IN THE LOMBARD ERA 71

V. COMACINES UNDER CHARLEMAGNE 90

VI. IN THE TROUBLOUS TIMES 108