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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 301

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rch. In SanPietro (Fig. 207) the nave arches rest on stout columns of varioussizes, without bases, and with capitals of varying design. Betweenthe columns of each arcade runs a continuous bench of stone, whichshuts off the aisle. Al»ove the arches rises a high blank clerestorywall, which has just… … Fig. 208. Lucca. Santa MariaFuorcivitas. But the churches thus far spoken of are exceptional in their plan. The basliican cliurches which are most char- pian still acteristic of the central Roinan- the rule. • c i • i • esque, which found its culmina-tion in the cathedral of Pisa, follow in}}lan…

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