Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 93
ue of the Rhine ; and, lastly, we findhere the introduction of the square plan surmountedby a dome, which after-wards developed intothe characteristic fea-ture of Byzantine archi-tecture. We can only cite twoor three examples ofspecial interest as re-presentatives of thecharacteristics which we , ,… … 72 HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ART. ornate composition of the external designs of theseSyrian churches. It will be seen by a study of theelevation that the narthex has an upper story, opento the air westward and to the church eastward, bywhich the church receives a flood of light; this upperstory…
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