The monuments of Christian Rome from Constantine to the renaissance (1908)
Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859- · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 75
cs of the primitive group of buildings at theLateran, including the baptistery itself which he reconstructed.Its wooden roof contrasted with the dome of S. Costantia marksthe decay of architecture since Constantine. His favorite basilica, however, seems to have been S.Lorenzo, where he was buried.… … ROME FROM ALARIC TO THEODORIC 65 and a Papal palace or villa with hot and cold baths, quartersfor pilgrims and a library for both Greek and Latin books.He built a similar palace at S. Paul. The bare enumeration of his numerous gifts to the churchessuggests the immense wealth of the Church, due…
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