History of mediæval art . the principal parts of the ecclesiastical buildings,of such extended vaulted constructions as had been commonly em-ployed during the imperial epoch of Rome for thermae and evenfor forensic basilicas. 282 ROMANIC ARCHITECTURE. The beginnings of the Romanic style have been traced in Sax-ony, but the higher development of its forms, in connection withvaulted constructions, is almost entirely due to the Rhenish coun-tries. The new system seems to have first appeared in the impor-tant Church of St. Mary of the Capitol in Cologne, the vaultedpassages around the three apses
History of mediæval art . the principal parts of the ecclesiastical buildings,of such extended vaulted constructions as had been commonly em-ployed during the imperial epoch of Rome for thermae and evenfor forensic basilicas. 282 ROMANIC ARCHITECTURE. The beginnings of the Romanic style have been traced in Sax-ony, but the higher development of its forms, in connection withvaulted constructions, is almost entirely due to the Rhenish coun-tries. The new system seems to have first appeared in the impor-tant Church of St. Mary of the Capitol in Cologne, the vaultedpassages around the three apses of which were probably built atthe time of the reconstruction of this edifice towards the middle ofthe eleventh century. As the passages in question were themselvesnothing else than continuations of the side aisles of the body of thechurch, it was natural that the vaulting should soon be transferredto these more extensive and important parts of the edifice. Inother churches of Cologne of a similar arrangement, such as the. Fig. 160.—Crypt of St. Gereon in Cologne. Church of the Apostles and that of Great St. Martin, the vaultingof the side aisles appears to have even preceded that of the termi-nation of the choir, the ceiling of masonry having without doubtbeen adopted from a desire to protect the lower parts againstdanger from the frequent conflagrations of neighboring dwellings,as well as to provide a firmer abutment for the higher clerestorywalls. In the Church of St. Ursula at Cologne there was added tothis consideration the necessity of providing a solid foundation forthe pavement of the upper story of the side aisles. The Church of St. Mary of the Capitol had been provided atthe time in question with the grand cupola above the intersectionof the transept and nave,—in pursuance of the constructive princi- GERMANY. 283 pie adopted in the three great conches, or in imitation of the Min-ster of Aix-la-Chapelle or the Church of St. Sophia at Constantino-ple, the design of
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