The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 342
nes adjoining it. The name of hasi/ica, derived from theGreek word hasi/cu-s (a king), was given them, according to some writers,from the fact that formerly the kings themselves used to administer justicewithin their walls; according to others, because the basilica of Athensserved as a tribunal ol… … rig. 246.—Basilica of Constantine, at Treves, transformed into a Fortress in the Middle Ages. * The Christian basilica, says M. Aaudoyer, in his learned treatise onarchitecture in France, was most certainly an imitation of the heathenbasilica; but it is of importance to observe that from one cause…
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