A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 587
isarrangement, the first traceijf which dates perhaps asfar back as the baptisteryof Nocera (Woodcut No.428); for wherever a woodenroof was placed over a cir-cular vault, it is evidentthat the external walls mustbe carried up higher thanthe springing of the arch. But it was by no means necessary… … 433. Half Section half Hevation, of tlie Baptistery atNovira (tiom Oten ) No scale. In this building they now show asarcophagus of ancient date, said to bethat of Galla Placidia, daughter ofTheodosius. 8he, however, was certainly buried at Eavenna; but it may be of hertime, and in these ages it is…
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