Biermann, Georg, 1880-1949, Cox, Francis F · London : Siegle, Hill & co. · leaf 42
hatmore ornate, because belonging to a slightly later period.This is the church dedicated to the only genuine localmartyr possessed by Florence. In its purity of style itaffords possibly the most striking example in existenceof the charm of the Florentine-Roman basilica. That theseverely Byzantine… … ■*c<r g^^ ;j THE EARLIEST MIDDLE AGES 17 originally had, a sub-church or crypt beneath the highaltar. They are symbolical of the ecclesiastical life ofthe times, which was far more sensitive to beauty ofform, far fuller of a primitive feeling for Art, thanwas possible to a secular existence…
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