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 165
s its supreme head. When, therefore, the new archi-tectural style, known as the Romanesque, began to beemployed in Italy, these different divisions made modi-fications, giving varieties to the general Romanesquetype so pronounced that these varieties have been calledthe Florentine, the Venetian,… … plan (Fig. loi) shows two piers on each side of thenave, which support transverse arches. The roof over the nave is an open timber roof, beau-tifully decorated with patterns of va-rious colors. The columns and arch-ivolts are marked by white and blackbands of marble, a kind of decorationcommon to…
Church architecture
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