The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 436
could not have suggested itself of using these buildings for the new religion,because they were generally of excessively limited dimensions, and theplan on which they were built would have but indifferently answered therequirements of the Christian ceremonial. What was necessary for theseservices… … 374 ARCHITECTURE. edifices tlieu in existence (Fig. 295), for such as would best answerfhese purposes. The baHilicas presented themselves ; these buildings servedat once as law-courts and places of assembly for tradesmen and money-changers, and were generally composed of one immense hall, with…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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