Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York, The Baker and Taylor Company · leaf 249
ned three semicircular niches,borrowing the motive employed in Hagios Bacchos and S. Vit-ale; — the central of these niches at the east end became the 109 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE apse, that of the west end was replaced by the entrance. Be-fore the church was placed a double narthex, preceded by… … III. 79. — Plan of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. This colossal scheme is worked out with the greatest struc-tural cleverness. As may be seen in the plan (111. 79), the pro-portion of solids to voids is unusually low. By comparing thesection (111. 78) and M. Choisys perspective (111. 77) it will…
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