Bond, Frederick Bligh, 1864-1945, Camm, Bede, 1864-1942 · London, I. Pitman · leaf 38
third and principal factor in the modification of church-building types in Rome is the Basilica, a type which has influenced the works of allsucceeding generations. When Christianity was first publicly adopted and patronised by the leading Romancitizens the basilicas or halls of the nobility were… … Fig. 11a FiG, 12 16 ROODSCREENS AND ROODLOFTS But the nave in churches of the Basilican type was a section much moreimportant than the square middle part of a church described by ancient writers.1 Itspeedily became greatly magnified, and developed spacious aisles, and later ontransepts also. The…
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