Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 246
proportions are fine : the total width isabout 70 feet, which is divided in the usual way—half to the naveand the other half to the two aisles. The capitals of the columnsare the work of Byzantine carvers, who, at the end of the tenthcentury and beginning of the eleventh, were almost as skilled… … has above the regulationcurved-sided abacus anotherabacus of red marble, which isstraight-sided, to afford betterspringing for the arch. Thisadditional abacus is common ineleventh and twelfth centuryw^ork in Italy, and in parts ofFrance, notably in Burgundy.It takes the place of the…
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