. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ted324 , rebuilt 388-423,remained in a sadly neglectedstate, but substantially un-altered, till the disastrous fireof 1823, which reduced thenave to a calcined ruin. Itsplan and dimensions werealmost identical with those ofSt Peters, as will be seenfrom the annexed double aisles were formedby four colonnades, each oftwenty Corinthian pillars, 33feet high, all supportingarches. Of these pillars twenty-four were of the best periodof Roman art, taken from the mausoleum of Augustus, orfrom t
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. ted324 , rebuilt 388-423,remained in a sadly neglectedstate, but substantially un-altered, till the disastrous fireof 1823, which reduced thenave to a calcined ruin. Itsplan and dimensions werealmost identical with those ofSt Peters, as will be seenfrom the annexed double aisles were formedby four colonnades, each oftwenty Corinthian pillars, 33feet high, all supportingarches. Of these pillars twenty-four were of the best periodof Roman art, taken from the mausoleum of Augustus, orfrom the basilica ./Emilia. The contrast between themand those of the 5th century, standing side by side withthem, shows how greatly art had declined. As at StPeters, the walls above the arches were lined with a doublerow of mosaic panels, below which was a band of circlescontaining portraits of the popes, from St Peter transept was parted from the nave by a solid wall,with openings pierced in it, and in later times was divideddown the middle by a transverse colonnade. The high. Fia. 10.—Section of the Basilica of St Paul, only parts of the modernized five-aisled basinca ofSt John Lateran (of which we have a plan in its originalstate, Agincourt, pi. Ixiiii. No. 22) which retain any interest,are the double vaulted aisle which runs round the apse, amost unusual arrangement, and the baptistery. The latteris an octagonal btiildiug standing some little distancefrom the basilica to the south. Its roof is supported by adouble range of columns, one above the other, encirclingthe baptismal basin sunk below the floor. Of the three-aisled basilicas the best example is theLiberian or St Mary Majors, dedicated 365, and re-constructed 432 Its internal length to the chord ofthe apse is 250 feet, by 100 feet in breadth. The Ionicpillars of grey granite, uniform in style, twenty on eachside, form a colonnade of great dignity and beauty,unfortuncrtely broken towards the,e
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