Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 314
asternEmpire. Besides the basilica form of building, another antique CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. 293 form of early Christian architecture was developed,called a baptistery, which generally took the form of adetached building, with a circular or polygonal plan. Insome cases the baptistery… … Fig. 334.—Opus Alexandrinum Pavement, San Marco, Rome. of a circular row ot columns supporting the upper struc-ture ; the central portion is surrounded by a low cloister-like aisle, and the fountain is in the middle of thebuilding. The circular building known as the Church ofSanta Costanza in…
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