Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, MacMillan & Co. · leaf 178
TRAL TYPE—Cross-shaped Plan 149 of Galla Placidia (Figs. 49, 50), though of much smaller di-mensions, is of the same type as the great church of S.Ambrose. The four vaulted arms are connected at the centreby a dome. The construction is poor, but the mosaic decora-tion is of the richest. This chapel… … Fig. 50. — Interior.Placidia, Ravenna. Fifth century. Samaria. Finally, it may be mentioned that there are severalbaptisteries of this shape. The Greek cross as it appears in Byzantine architecturetakes a very different form : it is much less accentuated — thatis, the four arms have less…
Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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