Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 302
uently obtained by a layman —some great feudal lord who found here a great source of rev-enue. Immediately under the abbot was the prior — a sortof vice-abbot. When, as often happened, the main monasteryfounded a branch order somewhere on its territory, this branchwas commonly put in charge of the… … Ii.i,. K7. Plan of S RELICS it was better for the cause of true religion that the altar shouldbe somewhat more removed from the gaze of the profane. Thebasilica type was also ill adapted for the ritual in that a certainawkwardness was experienced, especially in churches withouttransepts, when the…
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