. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. 11 - ? ^ i ? M^iEMr. III. 55. — Basilira at IlAss. KmiTi Dc Wn^iu-) THE SCHOOL OF SYRIA Roman times its buildings liatl shown strongly localized tend-encies, which, by the l\ century, had become so developedthat for the most part its monuments present few analogieswith those of the West. The school of the North, on the otherhand, was distinctly Latin, or, as Mr. Butler will have it, school of the Center, while more closely allied to that ofthe North, still frequently betrays relationship


. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. 11 - ? ^ i ? M^iEMr. III. 55. — Basilira at IlAss. KmiTi Dc Wn^iu-) THE SCHOOL OF SYRIA Roman times its buildings liatl shown strongly localized tend-encies, which, by the l\ century, had become so developedthat for the most part its monuments present few analogieswith those of the West. The school of the North, on the otherhand, was distinctly Latin, or, as Mr. Butler will have it, school of the Center, while more closely allied to that ofthe North, still frequently betrays relationship with the South,although with the characteristics borrowed from its neighbors,it also combines certain traits that seem to be original to these originalities are in turn sometimes borrowed both bythe North and the South. Thus the three schools continuallyoverlap, and the difference between them, while evident, isextraordinarily difficult to define. This difficulty is further increased by the growth of theschools, which show distinct phases in the IV, V, and VI cen-turies. We have, therefore, in all,


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