41. The lower floor is early Gothic in style, with deep set windows and a groined vaulted roof. 42. The dance floor was crowded. 43. The earth floor was clear of everything, the place fresh from the constant winds. 44. They had to pick their way around the rest of it, because the floors were mainly gone, although some big holes still had carpet laid across them. 45. The marble floor is slightly convex. 46. Nearby, in the Casa dei Dipinti, in the street of the same name some mosaic floors are still preserved and a hall painted with mythological scenes. 47. The floor is of white and grey marble patterned with black circles and diamonds. 48. The floor is at a higher level in the sanctuary where it is built over the enormous crypt beneath. 49. The floors are in coloured mosaic with a gold background and with figures of apostles, saints and angels upon this. 50. The floors throughout are of the original coloured marble while large portions of the windows still possess their original marble slabs. |