Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 104
ldings that go back to Merovingian times, whichmay help us a little to understand the architecture sohighly lauded by Sidonius Apollinaris in the 5th, andGregory of Tours in the 6th century. The TempleDE S. Jean, as it is called, at Poitiers, is an ancientbaptistery, now sunk deep below the level… … fSfefcl;. S. SAVIN CH. xix] FRANCE—AQUITAINE 53 It is a rectangular building (Fig. 82), gabled north andsouth, with apses projected from the east and the twosides. On the west it has a narthex of later date. Theprincipal apse, towards the east, is polygonal inside butsquare without, as the side…
