History of mediæval art . 1—1—1—1—1—1-. 0 t 1 j u 5 »m> Fig. 229.—Plan and System of S. Miguel of Escalada. itals of which support arches of horse-shoe shape {Fig. 229). Thesame form appears in the double windows of the Basilica of S. Sal-vador in Valdedios in Asturias, the capitals of the intermediatecolumns of which are Byzantine in style. In none of these exam-ples is there an apsidal projection of the choir, the altars beingplaced in rectangular chapels, frequently of two stories, or in roundniches appearing only upon the interior, as in S. Miguel of Escalada{Fig. 229). The Church of Co
History of mediæval art . 1—1—1—1—1—1-. 0 t 1 j u 5 »m> Fig. 229.—Plan and System of S. Miguel of Escalada. itals of which support arches of horse-shoe shape {Fig. 229). Thesame form appears in the double windows of the Basilica of S. Sal-vador in Valdedios in Asturias, the capitals of the intermediatecolumns of which are Byzantine in style. In none of these exam-ples is there an apsidal projection of the choir, the altars beingplaced in rectangular chapels, frequently of two stories, or in roundniches appearing only upon the interior, as in S. Miguel of Escalada{Fig. 229). The Church of Corpus Christi at Segovia is a direct andalmost servile copy of a Moorish model, the so-called Old Syna-gogue (S. Maria Blanca) of Toledo. 374 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC EPOCH. The churches of Spain with an apsidal formation of the choirseem to belong to a later age. In the remarkable Church of S. Pe-dro y S. Pablo at Barcelona the ornamentations of the facade, thedome above the intersection of transept and nave, the portal, andproba
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