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 119
r several apses (Fig. 67, a).The high altar was in the front of the choir. Otheraltars were placed in the apses of the transepts. These 96 Ecclesiastical Architecture. changes are abiding witnesses to a more complex wor-ship, where, not God alone, but saints were invoked. Avery important… … ,a) CATHEDRAL AT PARMA. b. ABBEY CHURCH, KONIGS- I^UTTER. perhaps, led to this change at first. Apses for altarswere placed at the extremities of these extended aisles,and apses were also placed in the transepts. It was notuncommon to have the choir raised above the nave ofthe church (Fig. 67, a),…
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