Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ?i~j-^- i—p ^ life . 1 _I1 i~r-_ •Wf T . - -( ?/ T -^— ?ifniji/r,i||iiiij[r7-i 1 i_ ? i(i((a, J T.—|- ? rT~ ^:^<-V^ /. I • E Fig. S3. 56 FRANCE—AQUITAINE [ch. xix S. Jean,Poitiers bricks that are coursed with the stone and formed intosimple geometrical The design of this baptismal church is distinctly Byzantine influenced by Roman and not by Byzantine examplewhich indeed does not seem to have made itself felt till alater period. The models that were followed in the earlierMerovingian times were the Roman remains of whichGaul contai
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ?i~j-^- i—p ^ life . 1 _I1 i~r-_ •Wf T . - -( ?/ T -^— ?ifniji/r,i||iiiij[r7-i 1 i_ ? i(i((a, J T.—|- ? rT~ ^:^<-V^ /. I • E Fig. S3. 56 FRANCE—AQUITAINE [ch. xix S. Jean,Poitiers bricks that are coursed with the stone and formed intosimple geometrical The design of this baptismal church is distinctly Byzantine influenced by Roman and not by Byzantine examplewhich indeed does not seem to have made itself felt till alater period. The models that were followed in the earlierMerovingian times were the Roman remains of whichGaul contained so many examples : but the art even inthe 5th and 6th centuries had no doubt sunk into a verypoor resemblance to the models it aspired to ancient buildings served not only as models but alsoas quarries, for the practice of robbing old buildings tofurnish new ones was begun long before the Temple deS. Jean. Diocletians temple at Spalato is decoratedwith ancient porphyry shafts cut short: Constantineadorned his triumphal arch with reliefs from that ofTrajan : and the 70 columns of Bishop Namatiuss churchat Clermont, and Bishop Perpetuuss 120 a
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