Horton, Caroline W · New York, Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge, The Riverside press · leaf 142
y w^oik, sup-porting four grand arches. Upon these rests anentablature, from which springs the dome, one hun-dred and six feet in diameter, but rather shallow,being the smaller segment of a sphere. This quad-ratic space opens into the side aisles by a contin-uous arcade supporting the lofty… … INMLklOROt ST. SOPIIM vi cOi> ^ i a.n i iM ,PLE THE NEW V ASrOR, LENOX ANDJIl£fNFOUNDAT,ON3, Early Christian Art. 127 tion of the side apsides and recesses. On account ofthe projecting counterforts, necessary to strengthenthe piers, the side aisles have not the continuity ofbasilica-aisles, but…
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