Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 179
he apsis, curveinteriorly in the formof niches, and that, inthe great basilica of S.Simon Stylite at KalatSeman, constructed inthe 3ear -500, the bottom of the little naves is built, both insideand outside, in semicircular form. This is, perhaps, the oldestexample that we have of the basilica with… … Fig. 80.—Plan of the Chnrch of S. araria-in-Cosmediu, Rome—a.d. 772-795. 172 cannot tell (from ignorance of any still-existing church of theseventh to the ninth century in that region) Avhether the customhad taken root there in that period, yet, seeing it constantlyfollowed in all churches from the…
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