A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 410
elapsed from 600 to 1000, the examples are very few,and their character generally insignificant. It is true that during thisperiod Rome went on building large churches; but it was in her ownRomanesque manner, fitting together Roman pillars with classicaldetails of more or less purity, but hardly,… … 820. Church of St. Giovanni Laterano. (From Rosengarten.) There the little arcades, supported by twisted columns, and adornedwitli mosaics, are as graceful and pleasing as anything of that classfound elsewhere ; and as they are encased in a framework of sufficientstrength to take off all appearance…
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