A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 422
A room, whether usetl merely a.s a i)laceof burial and reverenced wlien containing thea.she« of a sanctified jieison, or useil as an onitoryor cliapel. By extension, — B. A story beiie.itli the pavement of a largeror more ini)iortant upper church. It frcqiu>ntlyhappens tliat the crypt remains… … Crypt: Cathedral of S. Lr<iiis, Chur, Switzerland. The choir is approached by tlie two liitrhts of steps, between whicli is theentrance to tlie crypt below. earliest Romanesque architecture is derived fromthese small, geiierallj simple, and much-fre-quented sanctuaries. The term crypt is…
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