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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 174

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a b Fig. 47. —a, S. Vitale, Ravenna. 5, SS. Serglus and Bacchus, Constantinople. the one into the other, and extended spirally from the bottomto the top, — a construction which diminishes not only theweight but the thrust. The arched window openings in thedrum serve to concentrate the weight upon…

Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

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