History of mediæval art . econches upon the sides not supported by the vault of the nave:the hemispherical vaults of the apses acting as flying buttresses inthe same way as did the inclined barrel-vaults of the gallery ofthe Minster of Aix-la-Chapelle. Archbishop Arnold, the founderof the double church at Schwarzrheindorf, had, shortly before theerection of the structure in 1151, visited Constantinople, and mayconsequently have brought back with him the traditions of Byzan-tine architecture. The Church of Great St. Martin {Figs. 171 and172) is but little more recent, its choir and transept hav
History of mediæval art . econches upon the sides not supported by the vault of the nave:the hemispherical vaults of the apses acting as flying buttresses inthe same way as did the inclined barrel-vaults of the gallery ofthe Minster of Aix-la-Chapelle. Archbishop Arnold, the founderof the double church at Schwarzrheindorf, had, shortly before theerection of the structure in 1151, visited Constantinople, and mayconsequently have brought back with him the traditions of Byzan-tine architecture. The Church of Great St. Martin {Figs. 171 and172) is but little more recent, its choir and transept having beenconsecrated in 1172, while the completion of the nave was delayeduntil the thirteenth century. The design of the Church of theApostles antedates the conflagration of 1199, although the vaultingwas not carried out until 1219. This building is the most success- 292 ROMANIC ARCHITECTURE. ful as well as the most recent of the group to which it belongs, itsgreatest charm being the harmonious relation of its outward ap-. Fig. 169.—View of the Interior of the Church of St. Mary of the Capitol in Cologne.
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