Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 217
of sulti-cicnt capacity to accommodate all the officiary. In the westernchurch the separation of the sexes gradually fell into disuse, butcontinued in the East. The middle nave with its independent and loftier roof-construc-tion, and tin- side naves with their lowtr ceilings and The… … EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. 187 the main nave rigl^t and left, as do tlie apse and the entranceportico in the direction of the length. The early Christian basilica impresses by its chaste yet noblesimplicity ; in it the student of delicate art sensibility may discoverthe germs of that richer and…
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