. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )els. The square tower which flanked tlu;west front before the reversal still stands, — the lower portion beingprobably a ]iart of the church of 690, —the upper part dating fromthe twelfth century. But in spite of all the changes it has under-. Fiff- iiOo. Liicea. 6. Frediano. riiK cKMirM. i;().mam:s(^iik •jo: lionc, (lie mtcrior is stillan interesting exampleol* (he Northern basilieanehiireh. (Fi«;-. 1^0:5.) itis about two lumdred andseven feet long,and eightyfeet wide ; its nave andaisles are s&
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )els. The square tower which flanked tlu;west front before the reversal still stands, — the lower portion beingprobably a ]iart of the church of 690, —the upper part dating fromthe twelfth century. But in spite of all the changes it has under-. Fiff- iiOo. Liicea. 6. Frediano. riiK cKMirM. i;().mam:s(^iik •jo: lionc, (lie mtcrior is stillan interesting exampleol* (he Northern basilieanehiireh. (Fi«;-. 1^0:5.) itis about two lumdred andseven feet long,and eightyfeet wide ; its nave andaisles are s<»parated bylines of anti(|ne eobnnns,eleven in number, of un-equal sizes, and with cai)i-tals of varying design,earrying simple roundarches, with a high clere-story above, pierced bysmall, plain, round-archedwindows, and covered bya wooden roof, of whichthe timbers were origi-nally carved and gilded,but which has been re-newed in recent ancient church hadno transept, but the si-militude of a transepthas been created by theremoval of the three firstcolumns in each line atthe eastern or entranceend of the church, and the conversion of that portion of the outer aisles to the westward ofthese columns into chapels. There is nothing in this simple andprimitive interior which shows in any way the influence of the Lom-bard
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