Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 243
unt de Vogiie.* It is evident fromliis discoveries that during the fifth and sixth centuries, while theWest was in a condition of disru])tion and fearful decadence, Christ-ian art in Syria was in a state of unwonted activity. The number Texier ami Pnllau: LArchitecture Byzantine, p. 134. pi.… … Kifr. 1(10.—St. Demetrius, Tliessalonica. Cicks 8ectii>ij. Central Svria. EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. 213 of churches, the chaste simplicity of their stj^le, and their close ad-herence to the oblong basilica type, argue a period of peace and ofremarkable prosperity of the Church. Prior to the…
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