Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350 (1904)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Duckworth and co.: New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 142
on do not open in the same way into like spaces, buta half circle embraces each of them, which at the top rests onthe arch in a shell-like rounding. Thus there are eightarches in all, by means of which the squares and half circleswhich lie opposite to one another respectively, are putinto… … Fig. 45. Church at Nyssa, fourth cen-tury, from S. Gregorys description. iA 86 CRUCIFORM FONTS same construction as those of the middle centre-space. Over these last eight arches (of the octagon)the eight-cornered space will be raised four ells | higher to receive the windows placed above them ;…
Art, Medieval
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