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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 157

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time, as offerings in kind fell out of use andthe other uses of the prothesis were conveniently served by the 128 ARCHITECTURE diaconicon, which was commonly absorbed in a large sacristy,both of the rooms were often transformed into chapels for theside altars which came into use as a consequence of… … Fig. 41. — S. Pauls, Rome, interior as recently restored. and the brick construction after the second century of theEmpire was of a very coarse character. Commonly as brickwas used by the Romans, it was accounted too base a materialto be exposed to view, and in all buildings of any pretension itwas…

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