A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 326
but its develop-ment was the work of Christian architeiture.From .j;. Paolo fiiori h> Mum (Rome, a.p..18()) the usage continued do\ni to modern times.It hixs been frequently maintained that the564 CHURCH i-nieifonn jjlaii thus obtained was chosen for itssynilxilisni, but oC this there is great… … place of burial for saints or great personages, oras a shrine for relics. 3. Tlie NARTHEX, a vestibule extendinggenerally across the west end of the church, to■which were admitted catechumens, energumens,penitents, and all who were held not worthyof coin|ilcte participation in the privilege…
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