Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 247
cloistered atrium, at the end of which is an octagonalbaptistery, with a campanile of later date beyond. At the end ofeach aisle is an apse in the thickness of the wall—a favourite Fig. 12G. BASILIC AN CHURCHES. 193 arrangement in Eastern churches,—whilst the central apse projects,and is polygonal… … Fig. 127. Cathedral. wall is lined with marbles, porphyries, mother-of-pearl, etc., withglass mosaics above and in the semi-dome. Round the apse isa semicircle of marble seats with a bishops throne in the middle,as at Torcello. The Cathedral of Grado resembles that of Parenzo in many Gradorespects,…
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