Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 226
n restoration, and in many of the Coptic churches inEgypt. The lesser clergy and the choir were accommodated infront of the principal altar in a portion of the nave whichwas enclosed by low walls. Examples of this arrangementoccur at San Clemente, and in S. Maria in Cosmedin, Eome,which will be… … Fig. 113. the east end of which dates from 824-829, and at a church atAlliante, Brianza, of about the same period, walls project intothe church at right angles to the east wall, so that the portionreserved for the clergy is entirely enclosed at the sides.The custom of burying the dead in crypts^…
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