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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 90

An illustration from Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies, 1909, leaf 90 — ably this same cause is responsible for the uniformityso noticeable in Roman architecture. From the Persian Gulfto the Firth of Forth, from the birth of Christ to the reign ofConstantine, Roman art shows a lack of variation absolutelywithout parallel in architectural history. It is impossible… … » » » • • • * * * • * ROMAN PLANS — perhaps the most studied building in the world — was con-sistently misdated a hundred and forty-one years by all thebest scholars, and if its true date is now known, it is thanks onlyto a happy chance in uncovering stamped bricks. In a generalway, it is true, we…

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