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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 324

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bays of the aisles equalling in length oneof the nave, — and have clustered about them ITALY the cathedral at Pisa and S. Miniato at Flor-ence ; its following is more numerous and ofgreater consequence. Its atrium is the twelfthcentury descendant of those attached to theearly Christian basilicas of… … Italy, Par- pilasters and half columns coiresponding to theseveral divisions of the vaulting. Thougii notan example of the full development attauied bythe style, though the forms are heavy and thevaulting tentative, the essential features ofRomanesque architecture are to be found here,treated with…

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