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Monuments of the early church (1901)

Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 177

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As may be seen from the plan 148 ARCHITECTURE (Fig. 63), it consists of four great basilicas grouped in theshape of a cross around a central court, in the midst of whichstands the column. The central court was uncovered, andthere was, therefore, no attempt at bringing the four separatehalls into a… … Fig. 49. — Exterior. The mausoleum of Galla cross, nothing very clear is known about the church of theApostles, which Constantine built at Constantinople as a mau-soleum for himself and his family. It is probable that S.Ambrose took this as the model for the church which he builtin Milan in 382…

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

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