. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )porting round arches. The crypt formerly contained the shrineof the saint, directly under the high altar of the church above. Thecrypt, being some feet below the sea level, was subject to so frequentinundations that in the sixteenth century it was abandoned, andremained closed for three hundred years. It has lately been takenin hand, — its floor raised considerably, and modern methodscmplovod to exclude the water, with com])lete success. A smaller. Fij;. lUU. l>uorw;iy Arch of Iluuse in Fond.
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. )porting round arches. The crypt formerly contained the shrineof the saint, directly under the high altar of the church above. Thecrypt, being some feet below the sea level, was subject to so frequentinundations that in the sixteenth century it was abandoned, andremained closed for three hundred years. It has lately been takenin hand, — its floor raised considerably, and modern methodscmplovod to exclude the water, with com])lete success. A smaller. Fij;. lUU. l>uorw;iy Arch of Iluuse in Fond. IVsaro. THE iiV/ANTlNK INKLUKNCIO 253
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