Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 94
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… … Church of Baqouza. timbers of the roof are worthy of special notice.The aisles are roofed with horizontal slabs of stone. The church of Baqouza, of the beginning of thesixth century, has a nave with aisles, an apse, and achamber on each side of the apse, a narthex, and twoporches on each side. The…
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