Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 145
st refer to thework of de Vogiie.^ In the basilicas, therefore, East and West,— and in Syria wherever wood was to be had, — a low gable roofsurmounted the nave and transept, and a shed roof of the sameangle covered the aisles. The commonest covering for the roofwas, of course, terra-cotta tiles. At… … FiG. 84. — Longitudinal section of basilica in liuweha, 83-ria. rius I. had the roof of S. Peters covered with bronze tiles.^The bronze tiles of the Constantinian church of the Apostles atConstantinople were gilt, so that in the sunlight they nearlyblinded the beholder.^ It is probable that in the…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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