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 271
same time the immense increase of the ecclesiasticalorders, and liturgical forms then established, rendered the circularform of church inconvenient and inapplicable to the wants of the age.The basilica, on the other hand, was equally sacred with the baptis-tery, and soon came to be considered… … 129. Baptistery at Bonn. (From Boisserees Nieder Rhein.) interesting specimens of this class of monuments in the age to which itbelongs. No record of its erection has been preserved, but its style isevidently of the 11th century. Excepting that the straight orrectangular part is here used as a…
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