Monuments of the early church . vedin place; we get, however, a clear idea of the normal arrange-ment in S. Clemente at Rome, where the sixth-century screens(Fig. 58) of the choir and presbyterium were simply removedfrom the lower church and set up in the twelfth-century churchabove. We get an equally good idea of the arrangement of FUBNITURE— Chanceh 1G9 choir and presbyteriiun in S. Maria in Cosmedin at Rome(eighth century), where the marble chancels which had beenemployed for the pavement, or for other uses equally foreignto their purpose, have been judiciously restored to their originalpos
Monuments of the early church . vedin place; we get, however, a clear idea of the normal arrange-ment in S. Clemente at Rome, where the sixth-century screens(Fig. 58) of the choir and presbyterium were simply removedfrom the lower church and set up in the twelfth-century churchabove. We get an equally good idea of the arrangement of FUBNITURE— Chanceh 1G9 choir and presbyteriiun in S. Maria in Cosmedin at Rome(eighth century), where the marble chancels which had beenemployed for the pavement, or for other uses equally foreignto their purpose, have been judiciously restored to their originalposition (Fig. 38). A glance at the illustration will prove moresatisfactory than a long description. In this case it will benoticed that the presbyterium extends some distance into thenave, and a few steps lead from the middle of it into the other cases, as in S. Clemente, the chancels of the presby-terium coincided with the chord of the apse, and the altar stoodupon a line with them; the approaches had therefore to be. lE^OT Flu. u
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