An essay on the history of English church architecture prior to the separation of England from the Roman obedience (1881)
Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 · London, Simpkin, Marshall and co. · leaf 100
Gen. 1. 24-26 ; Ex. xiii. 19 ; Acts vii. 16.) John iv. 6. ° The custom of erecting churches upon sacred and historical sites, as those of the martyrdom of an athleteof the faith, was quite universal in the early ages, and Syria and the Holy Land abound with examples of it.The Jewish synagogues were… … FIG. I. CHURCH AT BABOUDA, NEAR ALEPPO. FIG. IL SECULAR BASILICA AT CHAQQA, NEAR DAMASCUS. THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. 57 Retur-ning from this digression into Palestine, I would observe that the churches of thenorthern part of the country are, as I have said, all of the basilican…
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