Bennett, Charles Wesley, 1828-1891 · New York, Phillips · leaf 265
room, etc., are some elements of likiiuss in theseliuildings. Doubtless, however, the erection of one iniiiosiug dome,supported by four massive buttresses, over a square space, is a newdeparture, and places upon St. JSophia the stamj) of originality. The trailitions connected with the building of… … Flp;. 115.—Section of Uie Dasilica of CoustuiUlne, Roitie. To compare with St. Sophia, Constan-tinople. The enormous Aveight was a serious obstacle to the architects ofthat day. The reputed revelations in dreams, the discovery ofbricks in the island of Rhodes of one liftli of the ordinary…
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