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History of mediaeval art (1887)

Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 62

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In later times, when BASILICAL CONSTRUCTION. 25 well-preserved antique columns became more rare, the supports forthe interiors of the basilicas were taken from various edifices andwere often of different dimensions, so that barbarous incongruitieswere not uncommon. Among the basilicas of Rome, that… … Fig. 15.—View of the Interior of S. Pietro in Vincoli. Roman Doric order is S. Pietro in Vincoli, dating from the middleof the fifth century. {Fig. 15.) Basilicas with piers instead of col-umns are not frequently met with ; three examples in the neigh-borhood of Rome are the Basilicas of S.…

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