. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. — Chron. Laurisham. a. 805. Dis-posuit fabricavitque triplicem in una conclusione basilicam, cuius membrum medium in honoreS. Marise virginis cultu eminentiore construxit, ex uno latere domini Johannis, ex alio S. Mar-tini subiecit. — Vita S. Cesarii. The final passage is taken from the description of the basilicaat Nantes by Venantius Fortunatus (Carm. Ill, 7): — Vertice sublimi patet auloe forma triformis. Dextra pars tenipli nieritis pra-fulget HclariCorpore Martino consociante gradum.********A
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. — Chron. Laurisham. a. 805. Dis-posuit fabricavitque triplicem in una conclusione basilicam, cuius membrum medium in honoreS. Marise virginis cultu eminentiore construxit, ex uno latere domini Johannis, ex alio S. Mar-tini subiecit. — Vita S. Cesarii. The final passage is taken from the description of the basilicaat Nantes by Venantius Fortunatus (Carm. Ill, 7): — Vertice sublimi patet auloe forma triformis. Dextra pars tenipli nieritis pra-fulget HclariCorpore Martino consociante gradum.********Altera Fcrreoli pars est. — Cit. Schlosscr, CAROLINGIAN ARCHITECTURE are to be explained as a reminiscence of this tradition. Anamusing instance of how necessary transeptal absidioles cameto be considered is afforded by the X century church of (111. 90). Here the older form of triple apse isretained; but as may be clearly seen in the ruined south tran-sept, transeptal absidioles were also included in the plan, sothat the same feature was, in effect, twice III. 90. — Plan of St. Mon. Hist.) (From Arch, do la Com. The triple apse and transeptal absidioles offered one solu-tion to the problem of how to make room for relics and second alternative solution found by the Carolingians con-sisted of adding to the west end of the church a second apseopposite the main eastern apse. This, it will be remembered,had already been tried by the Early Christians of Africa, doubt-less for a similar reason. One of the earliest and most famousinstances of the double apse was in the monastery of S. Gallo,dating from before 820. (111. 87.) In certain instances this 154 \ CRYPTS western apse occurs in connection with the triple eastern use is largely confined to Germany, where, indeed, it becameone of the most marked features of the rising national style. A third expedient for gaining space to house relics was theindefinite enlarge
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