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th, closely re-sembles San Lorenzo in its architecturalcharacter, though it is larger in scale.The entablature blocks occur in the arcades here also, butinstead of a dome over the crossing as in San Lorenzo, thereis a circular celled vault on converging ribs, like the vault ofthe Pazzi chapel. The… … Fig. 16. —Crossing pier ofSan Lorenzo. Ill CHURCH ARCHITECTURE 35 Florentine scholar and architect Leon-Batista Alberti, who, saysMilizia, is justly regarded as one of the principal restorers of thearchitecture of antiquity.^ His chief designs in church architec-ture are found in Santa Maria…
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