History of mediæval art . Fig. 204.—Portal of St. Trophime at Aries. Although in the first period of the Romanic style the basilicalplan had been more and more supplanted by that of the one-aisledand barrel-vaulted churches, it was never entirely relinquished. Inmany cases the requirements of an extended space rendered the re-tention of a three-aisled plan necessary. Such structures seem tohave been vaulted from the first, the advantages of this construe- FRANCE. 341 tion having become too plain to allow the introduction of horizon-tal ceilings of wood. The barrel - vaults of the side aisles l
History of mediæval art . Fig. 204.—Portal of St. Trophime at Aries. Although in the first period of the Romanic style the basilicalplan had been more and more supplanted by that of the one-aisledand barrel-vaulted churches, it was never entirely relinquished. Inmany cases the requirements of an extended space rendered the re-tention of a three-aisled plan necessary. Such structures seem tohave been vaulted from the first, the advantages of this construe- FRANCE. 341 tion having become too plain to allow the introduction of horizon-tal ceilings of wood. The barrel - vaults of the side aisles led tovarious attempts to meet the exigencies of the construction, theultimate success of which resulted in the greatest development ofthe style. The first step was to cover the low side aisles with comparative-ly small barrel-vaults, the slightly inclined lean-to roof leaving suffi-cient space for the introduction of the clerestory windows above.
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