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 48
west. Theambon or pulpit ior theGospels was on the southside of the choir, thatfor the Epistles on thenorth. The men of thecongregation occupied thesouth aisle, the womenthe north. Early in thefifth century all this wasreversed. The priest stillfaced the east, but turned his back to the… … IG. Ciboi-iuni, S. Giorgio in \ .I.iIik 18 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY In respect of construction, the basilicas followed pretty closely thePagan model. The nave and aisles were divided by lines of columnscarrying either round arches or classic entablatures, above which rosea high, flat clerestory wall,…
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