History of mediæval art . Fig. 14.—Plan of S. Paolo fuori le mura, near Rome. built in the year 325, and the basilicas at Ibrim in Armenia, andat Sueideh in Central Syria, had five. Almost without exceptionin Rome, and frequently also in the provinces, the columns intro-duced into the earlier churches were taken from ancient monuments,chiefly from those of the Corinthian order. In later times, when BASILICAL CONSTRUCTION. 25 well-preserved antique columns became more rare, the supports forthe interiors of the basilicas were taken from various edifices andwere often of different dimensions, so
History of mediæval art . Fig. 14.—Plan of S. Paolo fuori le mura, near Rome. built in the year 325, and the basilicas at Ibrim in Armenia, andat Sueideh in Central Syria, had five. Almost without exceptionin Rome, and frequently also in the provinces, the columns intro-duced into the earlier churches were taken from ancient monuments,chiefly from those of the Corinthian order. In later times, when BASILICAL CONSTRUCTION. 25 well-preserved antique columns became more rare, the supports forthe interiors of the basilicas were taken from various edifices andwere often of different dimensions, so that barbarous incongruitieswere not uncommon. Among the basilicas of Rome, that of Maggiore is entirely Ionic; its forty-four magnificent gran-ite columns, with their entablature, are to be ascribed to the con-struction of Pope Liberius (352-366). The only example of the. Fig. 15.—View of the Interior of S. Pietro in Vincoli. Roman Doric order is S. Pietro in Vincoli, dating from the middleof the fifth century. {Fig. 15.) Basilicas with piers instead of col-umns are not frequently met with; three examples in the neigh-borhood of Rome are the Basilicas of S. Symphorosa {Fig. 11) andS. Generosa, both attributed to Constantine, and that of S. S. Vin-cenzo ed Anastasio alle tre fontane, built between the years 625and 638. The support for the wall above the columns was at first the 26 EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. straight entablature of architrave, frieze, and cornice, as it had beenemployed in the original private basilicas. This feature appearedin the central aisle of the Constantine Church of St. Peter, and inthe crypt of the older part of S. Lorenzo fuori le mura, and is stillto be seen in perfect preservation in S. Maria Maggiore. But thedrawbacks attending such a lintel construction were too great toadmit of its retention by later bui
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