Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 297
se is slightly nar-rower still, so thatthe vaults over theseportions diminish inheight whenever abreak occurs. Thisdiminution in heightand width at theeast end is a featureof most Byzantinechurches, and a veryeffective one, as it im-proves the perspective and gives an appearance of greater length.… … Fig. 159. 238 A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. S. Irene, Constaiiti nople. may be the earliest instance of this arrangement which remains.The apses on each side of the central bema are cut off from therest of the church by walls, pierced by narrow doorways whichgive access to the bema and…
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