. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. st others in that they fre-quently contained two choirs, two apses, and twotransepts, arranged symmetrically at either end,thereby permitting lateral facades only. High bel-fries shot sheer into the air, either at the two extremi-ties or at the intersections of the nave and transepts,or both ; and though the vaulting was treated in themost approved groined fashion, it was not consideredincompatible with the use of cleverly constructedcupolas as well. The Cathedrals of Worms (Fig. 126) and Spires arcusually cited as the mas
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. st others in that they fre-quently contained two choirs, two apses, and twotransepts, arranged symmetrically at either end,thereby permitting lateral facades only. High bel-fries shot sheer into the air, either at the two extremi-ties or at the intersections of the nave and transepts,or both ; and though the vaulting was treated in themost approved groined fashion, it was not consideredincompatible with the use of cleverly constructedcupolas as well. The Cathedrals of Worms (Fig. 126) and Spires arcusually cited as the masterpieces of the school, bothstriking in their grandeur, solidity, and amplitude;but so conventionally correct are they as regards ad-herence to French method and detail that they hardlyrequire individual description. It only remains to mention Italy, whose Roman-esque architecture was mostly confined to the north-ern provinces and to Sicily. ROMANESQUE IN ITALY. 317 That of the north was little more than a superiorsort of Lombard, with less of the wild and monstrous. Fig. 126.—Cathedral at Worms. imagery peculiar to the style. The best examplesare to be found at Pisa (Plate XXXVI), Florence(Fig. 152), and Montefiascone. 318 THE ROMANESQUE STYLE. That of the south or Sicily was a singular com-bination, consisting of Norman details engrafted onthe Eastern style which the Saracens had introducedinto the island, and is best exemplified in Palermo,Messina, and Monreale. During the thirteenth century the Romanesquemelted into the Gothic, having accomplished its pur-pose. Its main features had been an elaboration ofthe apse ; the substitution of piers and arches forcolumns and entablatures; the final doing away ofwooden roofs; and, greatest of all, the groinedvault. We have seen the cclla or oblong room of theGreeks, girt by a Doric peristyle, whose columnshad been prefigured in the tomb of Beni-Hassan inEgypt. The Romans adopted this form of building,adding a semicircular recess t
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