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 83
and Gothic peri-ods. The Greek and the Latin types of basilicas differedespecially through the essentially opposite modes em-ployed for the roofing of the naves. The Latin basilicahad a ceiling either horizontal or slanting, while theGreek basilica had a vaulted-ceiling. It is to be re-membered… … BAPTISTERY OF THELATERAN. Basilican Style. 6i §St. Apollinare at Classe. In 540 A. D., the ex-arch, who ruled the Greek States in Italy, had his resi-dence at Ravenna. The political importance then ofthis city was only second to Rome. Classe was its har-bor, and here we find an architecture, like…
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