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A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)

Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 146

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mbra-cing three of the original nave bays,and the third or middle bay oblong,embracing the remaining two. Thedivision was marked by two strong-transverse arches springing from com-pound piers which took the place ofthe third and fifth columns on eachside. The plan is given in Figure 69.In the… … Fig. 69. Novara Cathedral. 116 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY from the third and fifth of these piers, solid walls were carried acrossthe outer aisle, in a line with the transverse arches of the nave.The whole arrangement was perfectly logical, hut within the last fewyears this fine interior has been…

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