History of mediæval art . i-—t—1—1—1—1 1 0 12 3 4 5 10 lit, 0 1 * Fig. 225.—Plan and System ofS. Adrian in Turion. the Christians precluded all those more extensive constructions bywhich alone a monumental style can be developed. The mostpressing necessities were met as best might be, without construct-ive innovations or artistic endeavors of any kind. The few build-ings, or parts of buildings, of which the date is accurately known,—such as the crypt of S. Cruz in Cangas in Asturias, A. D. 739,the Church of Santiannes de Pravia, A. D. 7j6, and the crypt ofthe Camara Santa at Oviedo, 842,—
History of mediæval art . i-—t—1—1—1—1 1 0 12 3 4 5 10 lit, 0 1 * Fig. 225.—Plan and System ofS. Adrian in Turion. the Christians precluded all those more extensive constructions bywhich alone a monumental style can be developed. The mostpressing necessities were met as best might be, without construct-ive innovations or artistic endeavors of any kind. The few build-ings, or parts of buildings, of which the date is accurately known,—such as the crypt of S. Cruz in Cangas in Asturias, A. D. 739,the Church of Santiannes de Pravia, A. D. 7j6, and the crypt ofthe Camara Santa at Oviedo, 842,—are extremely rude, andmostly have small barrel-vaults or horizontal ceilings supportedupon piers, all of the greatest possible simplicity. Similar features 24 370 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC are displayed in the Church of S. Adrian in Tuflon in Asturias {Fig. 225), the age ofwhich is less certain-ly known. The planwas generally a sim-ple rectangle, withoutapses, the three aislesof the early Christianbasilica being at timesexchanged for the cru-ciform arrangement ofByzantine edifices. If the identificationof certain remains inAsturias, Galicia, andLeon by Spanish ar-chaeologists may betrusted, it would ap-pear that some at-tempts to developa more independentstyle, especially inthe decorative details,were made under theenergetic kings Rami-ro I., 843 to 850,and Alfonso III., to 910. Amongthe memorials of theserulers may be men-tioned the Church ofS. Miguel of Linio inAsturias, of Byzantinecruciform plan, withbarrel-vaults, the col-umns of which areprovided with bases of barbarous design, and display no trace of
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