Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 143
trated, exemplifies amethod of making such plates at small expense, for, thoughapparently of stone, it is actually of cement, and was formedin a mould. The small apertures in the window plates weresometimes tilled with glass, clear or colored; or with sometranslucent stone, as in the case of the… … Fig. 33. — Basilica in Turmanin, Syria. tures sufficed to protect the interior from rain, and they dividedthe broad shafts of light into scattered beams, which were par-ticularly favorable for the effect of the mosaics. The basilicas were very clearly lighted in comparison tomost of the Gothic…
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