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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 183

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Ai;i III TEC TURK mental scheme of the basilica. That the model which thearchitects had in mind was expressly the Christian basilica isshown also by the square atrium id fronl of the church. Ithas already been said thai the atrium w;is rarely used in tinl-];ist. ;mil never in connection with the… … Fig. 51. — Interior of S. Sophia, Constantinople. Sixth century. becomes superfluous to trace more minutely its relations withother types and earlier monuments. With S. Sophia we are, strictly speaking, dealing no longerwith the central type of architecture, though it is obvious whythe subject must…

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