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 250
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… … a,oin HAGIA SOPHIA yet successful experiment to pierce the base of the dome withwindows, for the event has proved that the intermediate pierswere amply sufficient to support the immense superincumbentweight. The tendency of the dome to push the great archesoutwards is met to the eastward and…
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