. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. nd it was regularlyemployed to form the architraves for columns pilfered fromancient or Arabian buildings. The Latin or basilican plan was always followed, althoughtreated freely (111. 62, 03, 64). The roof, however, was essen-tially modified, being regularly furnished with from one to twelvedomes (111. 62-64) — a feature possibly borrowed from Con-stantinople. These domes were placed particularly over thehaikal, or apse, which, as in Syria, was flanked by the chapelsof the prothesis and apodosis.
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. nd it was regularlyemployed to form the architraves for columns pilfered fromancient or Arabian buildings. The Latin or basilican plan was always followed, althoughtreated freely (111. 62, 03, 64). The roof, however, was essen-tially modified, being regularly furnished with from one to twelvedomes (111. 62-64) — a feature possibly borrowed from Con-stantinople. These domes were placed particularly over thehaikal, or apse, which, as in Syria, was flanked by the chapelsof the prothesis and apodosis. In some of the earlier churchesthese apses were placed in a trefoil, instead of being alligned.^It is a remarkable fact that with the single exception of the church This is the conventional, if questionable, view. The scarcity of wood in Egypt wouldseem to offer a sufficient explanation of this construction. 2 .\ <lecp apsidal haikal, with recesses all around it and columns close to the wall, mayalmost infallibly be dated to the age of Constantine. (Butler.) 87 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN STYLE. 111. 62. — Plan of Dair-as-Suriaui. (From Butler) 88 COPTIC VAULTS at Dair-al-Malak there is known no instance of an atrium in aCoptic cliurch. The most remarkable development of Coptic art is foundin the desert monasteries of the Wady Natrun valley. In thesesolitudes where no wood could be obtained the churches must, per-force, be built entirely of stone. Consequently, the roof was con-structed of barrel vaults and domes. These barrel vaults show
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