De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 169
this account that so few ex-amples of early basilicas remain. The high walls were readily 140 A SHORT HISTORY OP ART overthrown, the wooden roofs were exceedingly combustible,and the passion for restoring and altering swept away whatthe ravages of time would have spared. San Clemente at Rome is the… … PLAN OF BASILICA OF SAN CLEMENTE AT ROME and the alteration of some of the important features of theplan, prevent it from impressing us as the original buildingwould have done. Basilicas continued to be the favourite style of churchesat Rome long after other forms had been introduced else-where ;…
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