. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. LOd. Pietro. INK (i;nikai. k()Manks(7i;k 269 sions li;i\c ;ii>si(l:il niclies. Tlic floor ol* tli«; transept is ruised somefeet above that of the nave, and l)uiu:itli it is a lin«; (•ry])t. These;ehurches must be aniong the earliest examples of a vaulUd cryptoceiipyiiiri»enee of the side walls of the aisles, but this isprobably accidental. ^ These interesting interiors are less similar in design than in the older church the columns are alike in size, and their capit
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig. LOd. Pietro. INK (i;nikai. k()Manks(7i;k 269 sions li;i\c ;ii>si(l:il niclies. Tlic floor ol* tli«; transept is ruised somefeet above that of the nave, and l)uiu:itli it is a lin«; (•ry])t. These;ehurches must be aniong the earliest examples of a vaulUd cryptoceiipyiiiri»enee of the side walls of the aisles, but this isprobably accidental. ^ These interesting interiors are less similar in design than in the older church the columns are alike in size, and their capitals. Fig. 207. Toscanella. S. Pietro. are Corinthian. The arcades are surmounted by a moulded cornicewith carved consoles, above which is a comparatively low clerestory,w4th a single small round-arched window over each arch. In SanPietro (Fig. 207) the nave arches rest on stout columns of varioussizes, without bases, and with capitals of varying design. Betweenthe columns of each arcade runs a continuous bench of stone, whichshuts off the aisle. Above the arches rises a high blank clerestorywall, which has just under the roof a continuous blind arcade ofsmall arches on a moulded string-course, four of the arches beingpierced by windows.^ 1 Dehio and Van Bezold. - Mothes, pp. 396-670. 270 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY The basilicanplan stillthe rule. But the churches thus far spoken of areexceptional iu their phm. Thechurches which are most char-acteristic of the central Konian-es(pic, which found its culmina-tion in the cathedral of Pisa, follow inj)lan the great basilicas of St. Peter, , a
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