The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 272
249 in addition to its great magnificence, holds the dis-tinction of being the first to introduce windows intothe apse, a fashion followed throughout all subse-quent Gothic art. Before examining the Christian architecture ofthe seventh century, which is mainly Lombard, itwould be well to glance at… … FlG. 95.—Sti. Angeli, Perugia. able, for a baptistery frequently covered a sepulchreand a tomb often contained a font. Hence the term circular churches has generallybeen applied to this class of architecture. These buildings were severely simple in their ex-ternal treatment, and in this regard had…
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