The cathedrals and churches of northern Italy (1907)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis), 1861-1916 · London, T. W. Laurie · leaf 377
ave seemed amournfully impressive type of the decline of that ancientChristian city itself, that pure and apostolic constitution ofthe Church of the first four centuries, over whose ruins thepotent system of the Papacy has been construdted. St ApoUinaris—this basilica of Cesarea—was finishedabout… … i ? RAVENNArepresented the government of Justinian, and who had al-ready founded the splendid oftagonal church of St Vitaliswithin the citys ancient circuit. The atrium, which, withits porticoes, extended in front, has regrettably disappeared. The nave, 130 feet long, is divided from its aisles…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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