Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . a circularcentral domed area surrounded by a circular aisle, fromwhich it is divided by a circular arcade. This consists offour piers with two columns between each pair, carryingtwelve arches. Above the aisle is a second storey withtwelve arches carried by plain rebated piers. The loweraisle is cross-vaulted with transverse ribs from capital towall, and slender diagonal ribs of marble, sometimescabled, which must be later than the original upper storey has an annular vault, interrupted bycross arches carrying walls from each pier. The mainwa
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . a circularcentral domed area surrounded by a circular aisle, fromwhich it is divided by a circular arcade. This consists offour piers with two columns between each pair, carryingtwelve arches. Above the aisle is a second storey withtwelve arches carried by plain rebated piers. The loweraisle is cross-vaulted with transverse ribs from capital towall, and slender diagonal ribs of marble, sometimescabled, which must be later than the original upper storey has an annular vault, interrupted bycross arches carrying walls from each pier. The mainwalls are banded with Verde di Prato like the Duomo. The four piers below have Romanesque capitals of avery classic character, and the other capitals are either 1 MCLIII mense aug. fundata fuit haec ecclesia: Deotisalvi magisterhuius operis. He was also architect of the Church and Campanile ofS. Sepolcro in Pisa, which bears this inscription—huius operis fabricatorDeus te salvet nominatur. Supino, Italia Artistica, No. i6. Plate LXXIV. -^\
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