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 153
epts have ancient marble columns. Thefour arms, as well as the crossing, are covered by domes.Eastward the two aisles and the central span are termi-nated by apses. The walls of these apses are about tenfeet thick, and large niches are cut, as it were, from the 94 ST. MARKS mass—three in the middle… … Fig. 49. Part plan of St. Marks, Venice, showing apses. that St. Mark^s follows the scheme of this church. Itmay be that even the niched apse was present in theprototype, for some early churches in Egypt and NorthAfrica have this characteristic. Butler, describing theChurch of St. John at Antinoe,…
Art, Medieval
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