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Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)

Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 108

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Europe increased in powderand the Sultan became weaker, a Byzantine style arosein these countries and in these times which retainedthe Greek cross as the form of the church proper, andthe dome above the crossing, both essential features ofthe Byzantine style, but adopted the mode of roofingwhich… … is a square, asseen from with-out; but the in-terior is a Greekcross with thedome above thecrossing. Thenave is coveredby a gable-roofand the side-naves by lower shed-roofs. There is a transept-roofover the transept-arm of the cross, equal in height tothe nave. The principal entrance is at the…

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