. Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . The interesting cathedral of Sebenico inDalmatia was roofed by Giorgio Orsini in the 15th centuryin a similar manner, with slabs of stone carried on crossribs of the same material, and on small scale there areinstances of this construction in England. In these peculiarities of Syrian architecture we havean admirable instance of the influence of local circum-stances on architectural style. The scarcity of wooddrove the architect to adopt such modes of constructionas admitted of the use of stone instead. His earlierchurches were basilican, and for the na
. Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . The interesting cathedral of Sebenico inDalmatia was roofed by Giorgio Orsini in the 15th centuryin a similar manner, with slabs of stone carried on crossribs of the same material, and on small scale there areinstances of this construction in England. In these peculiarities of Syrian architecture we havean admirable instance of the influence of local circum-stances on architectural style. The scarcity of wooddrove the architect to adopt such modes of constructionas admitted of the use of stone instead. His earlierchurches were basilican, and for the nave he was unableto dispense with the use of timber, but the aisles wereroofed with stone as at Souaideh, and partly at Quen-naouatl The basilican plan was in some cases aban-doned, the later churches were domed, and in them theuse of timber was entirely avoided. The church in these Strzygowski, Orient oder Rom. I am indebted to Mr Phen^ Spiersfor this reference. 2 De Vogii^, I. pp. 60, 61, Plates xix, xx. CH. Ill] SYRIAN ARCHITECTURE 33. ZRA ^ I0_ feet?y j2 £ ^ Fig. 6. EZRA froTn DeVigiie
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