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 166
the crown of the vault in a round opening, evidentlythe preparation for an octagonal lantern which was never built.The choir is lighted with more than usual completeness by threewindows in the lower stage, of which the central one is pointed, bytwo single, round-arched windows above these, and a… … Fig. 335. S. Maria d Arbona. 150 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY S. Galgano. nave and aisles are also round; those in the transept, as well as allthe transverse arches, are pointed. The exterior of the church, whichis very rude, with strong buttresses and low roofs, shows a partialreturn to Lombard motives,…
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