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 54
the official residence. But the church hasalways retained its position and rank as the first church in Christendom, Orbis et UrbisOmnium Eeclesiarum Mater et Caput. —the chapter of the Lateran still taking preced-ence of that of St. Peters. It was originally dedicated to Christus Salvator, but… … Fig-. 18. Basilica of St. Peter. 24 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY Vatican, in which many Popes had been buried in the first and secondcenturies,^ was probably the largest of the early churches,Vatican covering an area of something over 7000 square metresbasilica. ^ 73 000 sq. ft.). (Fig. 18.) It was a…
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