Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches (1896)
Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889 · London : Unwin · leaf 267
neof the most marked characteristicsof Lombard architecture. Archa--ologists have put themselves tomu(di trouble to discover themotive which could have inducedthe constructors of churches fromthe tenth to the twelfth centuryto al)andon large and luminouswindows for these miserable holes,avaricious… … Fig. 131 External Wall of tlie Bap-tisteiT of Alliate—.\.D. 881. 2 6o sought a reason in tlie foresight ^^hich built the church so that,in case of war, it couhl be converted into a fortress capable ofresisting the attacks of the enemy. In such a contingencythere would be no need of large and…
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