. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. rebuilt at the same time ; the nave was narrowed toforty feet and covered with a barrel vault, and the space at the sidesdivided into square chapels. The ])resent brick fa(;ade of the churchshows above the dome of the rotunda a row of three simjde round-headed windows, over which is a thin cornice and a low gable, whichIliibsch believes to be a j)()rtion of the original work.^ Santa IVIaria in Cosmedin was originally a Koman teujple, whethers Maria in dedicated to Ceres, Fortuna, or Pudicitia, is
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. rebuilt at the same time ; the nave was narrowed toforty feet and covered with a barrel vault, and the space at the sidesdivided into square chapels. The ])resent brick fa(;ade of the churchshows above the dome of the rotunda a row of three simjde round-headed windows, over which is a thin cornice and a low gable, whichIliibsch believes to be a j)()rtion of the original work.^ Santa IVIaria in Cosmedin was originally a Koman teujple, whethers Maria in dedicated to Ceres, Fortuna, or Pudicitia, is not certain : butCosmedin. j^- ^^..j^, converted into a church by Bishoj) Damasus about380, and rebuilt one hundred and iifty years later by Belisarius for a ^ Vitet, p. 2S;) ; (lut. it interior view. j)l. .).•. - These were tlie of two hrotliers, froni Arabia, who physicians inHome, nnd suffered martyrdom under Dioeletian. ? Good rej)resent;ition of tliese in (lUt. «.V: Kna])p. |)1. 4J. * For plan, see Le Tarouilly, pi. 241); Ciut. tV: Knapp ; Plainer; Fi^. ol. .^S. Cosmoe Damiano. I (IIUISl•lA^ AUCllJlLClLUh 45 Greek conLrretjatioii iiiHlri- ihc ihuik! of S. ;i in S(<»l:i ( was a5;aill rchiiill i)\ I. Itriwccn 77*2 and 71)), when ittook its present name. Its nave arctades of loinid arelies on columnsof varions sliaixs and sizes, all too l)i<; for tlieii- capitals, some of whichare surmounted by low stilt-hloeks of extremely rude eonstructionand desi«;n, are divided on each side by lon<^ piers, or rather streteheHof wall, into three «»ron})s of four arcdies each. Several of the col-umns of the ori<»inal leniple arc still to be seen, imbedded in theside and end walls of the ehureli. The aneient exterior })()reh of liveround arches is also preserved, and the ancient episcoj)al chair isstill in place, but the Hankini;- benclus of the ])resbyters arc; n(; nave retains a part of its origin
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