History of mediæval art . with the round churches ofDenmark, the small edificeof Thorsaeger, and thatupon the island of Born-holm, which is like thecrypt of St. Michael of Ful-da in the introduction of acentral pier as the supportof the vaults. To this classbelong also the round build-ings of Greenland, two of which have been preserved in Igalikko and Kakortok. Perhapswe may add to this list the circular structure known as the OldStone Mill near Newport, Rhode Island {Fig. 244), which is saidto be the most important monument of an occupation of Americaantedating the age of Columbus. It is far
History of mediæval art . with the round churches ofDenmark, the small edificeof Thorsaeger, and thatupon the island of Born-holm, which is like thecrypt of St. Michael of Ful-da in the introduction of acentral pier as the supportof the vaults. To this classbelong also the round build-ings of Greenland, two of which have been preserved in Igalikko and Kakortok. Perhapswe may add to this list the circular structure known as the OldStone Mill near Newport, Rhode Island {Fig. 244), which is saidto be the most important monument of an occupation of Americaantedating the age of Columbus. It is far from certain that thisbuilding was connected with the mission of Bishop Eric to Vine-land in the year 1121. The drum is supported upon eight columnsconnected by arches, and may have been surrounded by a concen-tric passage, of the outer wall of which, however, there are no re-mains. There is no evidence of its style, as it is wholly withoutornamental details. Even the bases and capitals are of a simplerectangular Fig. 244.—Old Stone Mill, Newport, Rhode Island. 396 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC EPOCH. The older stone buildings of Norway date to the reign of HaroldHardrada, A. D. 1047 to 1066, and that of Olaf the Peaceful, A. to 1093. The most ancient churches which have been pre-served, whether of one-aisled or basilical plan, resemble the struct-ures of Normandy rather than those of Germany. This was thecase with the basilicas of Aker near Christiania, of Granevolden inHadeland, and of Stavanger, the ribbed capitals and chevrons ofwhich are similar in design to those of Norman and English view of the extended commerce of Norway, it is not strangethat constructive methods should occasionally have been derivedfrom even more remote countries. Thus the barrel-vaults and bi-sected forms of the church at Ringsaker in Hedemarken would beentirely inexplicable without the assumption of French influences. As, with the exception of buildings of wood, Norway
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