. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. .is.—Apse ot K:iiat Miii^iii. il-roui Ik- \ o;;iu-) CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SYRL\ these cliurehes developed one feature peculiar to themselvesand of the highest interest: that curious decoration of the ex-terior of the apse with colonnettes and corbel-tables (111. 58),presaging so strangely Romanesque France. The second type of church, which is peculiar to the Center,though several times imitated in the North, is the most interest-ing of all the varied types developed in Syria (111. 56). Thenave
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. .is.—Apse ot K:iiat Miii^iii. il-roui Ik- \ o;;iu-) CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SYRL\ these cliurehes developed one feature peculiar to themselvesand of the highest interest: that curious decoration of the ex-terior of the apse with colonnettes and corbel-tables (111. 58),presaging so strangely Romanesque France. The second type of church, which is peculiar to the Center,though several times imitated in the North, is the most interest-ing of all the varied types developed in Syria (111. 56). Thenave and aisles were separated no longer by columns but by. III. 59. — Plan of Chapel at Rbcali. (From Butler) massive piers supporting great arches. The aisles were cov-ered with the Syrian vault of the South, and the nave, thoughstill roofed in wood, was, in at least one instance, spanned bygreat transverse arches. Most remarkable of all, the fa9adewas flanked by two towers, terminating each side aisle (). The section of a basilica, if frankly expressed in the fa9ade,is unpleasing, and we shall later see that one of the happiestideas of the western Romanesque builders was to flank the navegable by twin bell towers. Strange, indeed, to find this samesolution anticipated in Syria by nearly four hundred years! THE EARLY CHRISTIAN STYLE These fa9ade towers of the school of the Center, together withthe Syrian mouldings of the North, and the Syrian vaults ofthe South, form the most salient peculiarities of this interestingarchitecture. Less striking, and sadly neglected alike by traveler andarchaeologist, the timid and retiring C
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