o reason for supposing thatthe nave either required or received any subsequentaddition. It was by no means uncommon for theritual choir to extend over the transept opening and * In civitatibus in castellis aut villis, nulla nostra con-struenda sunt ccenobia, sed in locis a conversatione… … Rievaulx. several bays of the architectural nave, and this was,in all probability, the case at Rievaulx. The normal eastern arm of Cistercian churcheswas originally short, the choir being placed in andwest of the crossing.* Rievaulx has been alteredand enlarged, but it has not been turned round.…
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![An illustration from Italy, illustrated and described, in a series of views from drawings by Stanfield, R.A., Roberts, R.A., Harding, Prout, Leitch, Brockedon, Barnard, &c. &c. With descriptions of the scenes. And an introductory essay. on the political, religious, and moral state of Italy. By Camillo Mapei [translated by David Dundas Scott] ... And a sketch of the history and progress of Italy during the last fifteen years, 1847-62, in continuation of Dr. Mapei's essay. By the Rev. Gavin Carlyle (1864)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/bl-bl_001828371_0-424-1.webp)
