Architecture : an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 149
y bigpiers of a cross plan,and the spaces betweenhave columns, one inthe middle and two setagainst the piers. Fromthese rise two littlearches, under the main arch which passesfrom pier to pier. It might be a Romanesquework of the twelfth century, but it is of thesixth century (fig. 31). Another… … Fig. 31. EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 147 sketch of a church at Daulis, near Panopaeiain Asia Minor, shows a barrel vault supportedby a series of transverse arches or ribs risingfrom wall piers or imposts (see Fig. 33).Ribbed vaulting later became important. The buildings of Syria and Asia Minor arefor…
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