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 178
es. Thebuttresses of the aisle and clerestory walls are strong, though notmore so than at Fossanova and Casamari. But in S. Andrea, a lowflying buttress springs from the top of the aisle buttress, and con-nects it with that of the clerestory. The arch is of brick, and risesbut little above the… … principles of the true Gothic constructionis here recognized as it had not beforebeen in Italy; and had the Italian mindbeen open to the full appreciation of theGothic constructive system, this mighthave proved to be the precursor of a lineof churches having something of the char-acter and…
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