Mission architecture as exemplified in San Xavier del Bac; including a complete list of the missions in the South-west; also a bibliography of the manuscripts and works pertaining to the subject (1919)
Duell, Prentice · Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society · leaf 34
rniamissions, not to be treated on any elaborate scale, weresimply modelled after the basilica, with a long rectangularroom and wooden ceiling. So, with the more importantmissions, the Byzantine motifs were very applicable espe-cially in monolith construction and interior decoration, afeature to… … 18 MISSION ARCHITECTURE. were painted in imitation of the polychrome title workof the Moor. Much of the interior was painted to resemblemarble, tile, and even mosaics. San Xavier is for the most part of Byzantine influence,especially as to its cruciform plan, construction, and mostof its interior…
San Xavier del Bac Mission · Architecture · Missions
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