. The builders of Florence . jporfi inVbdclle^Treychc. Lo66iex del a$6&J1o police ihe double bracketing in wood under Ihe ea,vef FLORENTINE ARCHITECTURE 119 tion to the Church, and, finally, the attic terrazza at its summit,specialised as the belfry proper. This last, however, is only oneexample of how even the details of civil architecture were adoptedin Church building, and adapted to new uses. We pursue thisline of study, and find that the tower basement, and even thebattlements that formed its crown, were alike fruitful. Theypassed over, with the tower itself, to the service of the Church,
. The builders of Florence . jporfi inVbdclle^Treychc. Lo66iex del a$6&J1o police ihe double bracketing in wood under Ihe ea,vef FLORENTINE ARCHITECTURE 119 tion to the Church, and, finally, the attic terrazza at its summit,specialised as the belfry proper. This last, however, is only oneexample of how even the details of civil architecture were adoptedin Church building, and adapted to new uses. We pursue thisline of study, and find that the tower basement, and even thebattlements that formed its crown, were alike fruitful. Theypassed over, with the tower itself, to the service of the Church,where they became the germs of a new development in construc-tion and decoration alike. Let us begin with the basement. The essential point here liesin the vault separating this, the ground-floor of the tower, from thefirst and following storeys. We have seen its development in civilarchitecture, through the various forms of the Loggia, private,social and civic ; is it possible, we ask, that any like fortune shouldawait it in its new and sacred f
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