A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company · leaf 44
west. Theambon or pulpit for theGospels was on the southside of the choir, thatfor the Epistles on thenorth. The men of thecongregation occupied thesouth aisle, the womenthe north. Early in thefifth century all this wasreversed. The priest still faced the east, but turned his back to the… … Fig. 16. Ciborium, S. Giorgio in Velabro. 18 ARCHITECTURE IN TIALY In respect of construction, the basilicas followed i)retty closely thePaiian model. The nave and aisles were divided bv lines of columnscarrvin<>- either round arches or classic entablatures, above which rosea high, Hat…
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