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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 146

An illustration from Mediæval art, from the peace of the church to the eve of the renaissance, 312-1350, 1904, leaf 146
B A Fig. 47. A, Plan of S. Croce Caraerina ; B, S. Maria di Squillace ; C, Its Crypt. Strzygowski sums up the characteristics of the Syrianand Asia Minor schools as being—the use of vaultinginstead of wood roofs, the absence of an atrium, a westfacade having a porch between two towers, the use… … square compartment before the apse, and the bringing ofwindows together in groups of two or three. He suggeststhat these details, as well as the general type of the church,went to form Western Romanesque. He also shows thatthe churches having an apse at the west end as well asat the east are first…

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