. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig-. 47- Raveuna Baptistery. nearly the same as that of the central ring of the tomb of Constantiaor the church at Xocera, — about thirty-seven feet. The interioris undivided, but the flat spherical dome which covers it springsdirectly from the outer walls, at a height of about forty-two feetabove the pavement. The walls are, on the interior, divided into tw^a IZ ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. Fig. 4^. Ortliutlox liaptistuiy, Kaveuna. stages, in the lower of whicli eight large and low detached columnsin
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. Fig-. 47- Raveuna Baptistery. nearly the same as that of the central ring of the tomb of Constantiaor the church at Xocera, — about thirty-seven feet. The interioris undivided, but the flat spherical dome which covers it springsdirectly from the outer walls, at a height of about forty-two feetabove the pavement. The walls are, on the interior, divided into tw^a IZ ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY. Fig. 4^. Ortliutlox liaptistuiy, Kaveuna. stages, in the lower of whicli eight large and low detached columnsin the angles, with stilt-blocks above the cai)itals, carry round archesattached to the walls, each arch covering the breadth of one sideof the octagon. Ihe second stage has a similar arcade, and hereeach arch is divided ])y two colinnns, simihir to the angle column,into three smaller arches, of which the middle one, larger than theothers, is pierced by a window. It is probably the earliest existing ( liKISIIAN AKCIIIIKCTLKE 73 ox:iini)l(^ of i;i«>M|)((l ;ii(Im> iimlrr ;i l)i!jirin«;-:iicli. AI)<)V«; ^-Michcs sprinut Ichs tliana lioinisphcrr, :ni(l constructed entiicly ol small earthen pots ortubes, about eij^lit inches Ion*; and thict! inches in dianietiir, joinedin a continuous spiral tl-oin l)ase to ^ The donic! is thus ofextremo lightness, the thickness of the shell being not more than KALEV
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