Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 69
- monotonous. The horizontalceiling above them was even more bald than in the body of thechurch. The apse received its name from the half dome by which .^^vj … Fig. iS.—Section of the Basilica S. Paolo, Rome. it was terminated; it was at first also called concha, tribuna, <:vc</rc7,and chorus. It retained in great measure its original character,serving as the seat of the ecclesiastical officers: the bishop or chiefpriest of the church, with his…
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