Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 321
a circular nave and a longchancel; but although thismay be true of some, it is notso of all. Circular churchesand baptisteries existed longbefore the Crusades; and someof them had either apses oroblong chancels at the east end.In Byzantine work, the plan was a common one. Take away the aisles and… … Fig. 177. S.Tboniaso. Baptis-teries. 256 A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. Grado of the sixth century, has a single elongated apse. It ismore probable that such a church as S. Thomaso was a naturalevolution from these and other similar buildings than that itsplan was copied from the church at…
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