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 163
umn is nowhere viewed to better advantagethan in the Cloisters of St. Paolo, at Rome. Thesecloisters are covered passages which surround a quad-rangle. The court is planted with trees and flowers,and is separated by arcades from the cloisters. Thecolumns of these arcades are twisted and fluted and… … CLOISTER OF ST. PAOLO, ROME. princely splendor, ecclesiastics of all ra;nks walked, read-ing their prayers or meditating upon sacred themes, dur-ing the intervals of church service or in their hours ofstudy. These clerics, who could own nothing by virtueof their vows, became, in truth, the…
Church architecture
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