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A history of architecture (1906)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909, Frothingham, Arthur Lincoln, 1859-1923 · New York, The Baker & Taylor Company · leaf 149

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Chap. II] THE EARLY BASILICAS 99 disposition of the narthex — the porch — which in this case is entirely open to the weather, with a portico of six Ionic columns with shafts taken from more ancient … thing to interest the stu- 81 — Plan of gallery (see Fig. So). (Drawn by E. P. C.) dent is the well-expressed arrangement of the basilica as a rectangular brick box built around the needed architectural ordonnance within, and showing no exterior architectural effect other than the narthex at the…

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