Tuckerman, Arthur Lyman,1861-1892 · New York, C. Scribner's · leaf 192
Romanesque styles and are very beautiful speci-mens of their kind. It had been the custom during the strugglingperiod of the early Church to bury the bodies ofsaints in subterranean chambers called crypts, aword derived from the Greek verb to hide ; sub-sequently these became component parts of… … CHEVET OF NOTRE DAME DU PORT AT CLERMONT.{From Chapuy.) THE ROMANESQUE STYLE. 131 consisting generally in a grouping of columns sus-taining a heavy vault. The crypt of St. Eutrope, at Saintes in France,may be mentioned as one of the best examples, thepillars being richly carved, and the ribs of the…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Medical Heritage Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
