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 411
the ruined cities of the East, rather thanby the exigencies of design. But even then its numerous shafts andreceding planes of decoration are much more like the forms withwhich we are familiar in Norman portals than anything yet dis-covered in the Levant. The plan, too, when closely examined, is… … 821. Plan of St. Marks, Venice. Bk. VIII. Ch. VII. ST. MARKS, VENICE. central dome. At St. Marks they are in front, behind, and beside it,making a great transeptal arrangement, which, to say the least of it,is very unusual in the East, if indeed it is there known at all. Many are inclined to…
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