Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 227
the courtyard was often a fountain, which in earlydays was used for ablutions. Many of these courtyards havebeen destroyed, but that of S. Clemente, Eome, still remains.In many instances the baptistery occupied a position at the endof the courtyard facing the narthex, as at Parenzo, in Istria,and… … „ ._io o lo 40 JCaLI I ._1 I L___J 1_ PLAIN OF 5m CLEMENTE. Fig. 114. and only the open space remains. At Torcello, near Venice,the baptistery is immediately in front of the west door ofthe church, from which it is separated only by the width of thenarthex. Baptisteries, however, did not always…
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