A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 116
tern side. GALILEE PORCH. Same as Galilee, in therestricted sense given above. The term origi-nated in the old habit of calling many halls,such as sacristies, outside chapels, rooms in thetriforium, etc., by the name of galilee, whichcalled for the further discrimination conveyedby the ciiiniiound… … GALLERY That nf the Vatican, called Lo^sie di liaffaeln;described under Liis;;it of ilie Vatican. This sideof tlie gallery consists of thirteen vaulted squares,each vault having four principal paintings of bibli- cal subjects. The inspiration for the arrangementof the paintings came largrly from…
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