Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 325
g two-thirds. The above are all Pisa,small compared with ^^^l^^the great baptisteries Parma,at Pisa, Parma, andFlorence. The first iscircular in plan; thetwo last octagonal.The baptistery at Pisawas begun in 1152,nearly one hundredyears after the com-mencement of thecathedral. The upperpart was… … Fig. 180. 258 A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. an inner circle and a surrounding aisle by twelve columns andfour piers. The aisle is vaulted, and over it is a gallery. Thecentral area, nearly sixty feet wide, is covered by a huge cone ofbrick,^ which cuts through the outer dome, of the same…
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