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 589
ng, nowknown as Santa Maria Rotunda. Thelower storey is a decagon externally,enclosing a cruciform crypt. It is45 ft. in diameter, each face beingornamented by a deep niche. Thesesupport a flat terrace, on which originally stood a range of smallpillars supporting arches which surrounded the upper… … 10 437 Elevation of Tomb of Theodoric,Ravenna.(From Isabelle, Edifices Circulaires.) Bk. II. Ch. III. CIRCULAR CHURCHES. 555 which they supported. The most singular part of the building isthe roof, which is formed of one great slab hollowed out into theform of a flat dome—internally 30 ft. and…
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