Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman,1861-1892 · New York, C. Scribner's · leaf 127
the only notable additions to it being thecontinuation of the transept beyond the line of theMalls of the nave, thus making it cruciform ; the oc-casional substitution of double aisles, making fivedivisions in the body of the church, instead of theoriginal three, and the addition of a tower or… … PLAN OF THE OLD BASILICA OF ST. PAULS BEYOND THE WALLS. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN STYLE. 89 The first basilicas erected for Christian worshiphad double aisles ; this form was, however, soon dis-continued, probably owing to the difficulty of observ-ing the offices of the clergy from the outer aisle.Of…
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