Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 134
lding — that is, by placing the altar in the mid-dle of the room. But it certainly did not do so; and as longas the altar was kept near the periphery of the building therewas a discord between the perpendicular axis of the architec-ture and the horizontal liturgical axis. We see from this whyit is… … 1. J of Basilicas. «, Xenodochium of Pammachius, Porto. /, S. Maria Maggiore, Eome. g, Basilicain Kalb-Luseh, Sj-ria. building, and the Eucharist its same high dignity in the Church.The most successful solution of domed architecture as appliedto the church adapted itself to this exigency by…
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