. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ll of the church, as in S. Martinoat Lucca, while the outer rows turn and flank the transept. Thecolumns of the nave arcades are of unpolished granite, those of tran-sept and choir of marble, with Corinthian capitals, carrying rathernarrow round arches of white marble perfectly plain. Above is atriforium arcade com])osed of square piers over the columns below,joined by round bearing arches, each enclosing two smaller roundarches divided by a snuiU column. Above this again is the unbrokenclerestory
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ll of the church, as in S. Martinoat Lucca, while the outer rows turn and flank the transept. Thecolumns of the nave arcades are of unpolished granite, those of tran-sept and choir of marble, with Corinthian capitals, carrying rathernarrow round arches of white marble perfectly plain. Above is atriforium arcade com])osed of square piers over the columns below,joined by round bearing arches, each enclosing two smaller roundarches divided by a snuiU column. Above this again is the unbrokenclerestory wall, of white marble with narrow courses of black, andpierced by single narrow arched windows, nine in number, placedwithout relation to the nave arches. The nave is covered by a flatwooden ceiling, panelled and decorated with gold and color. The ^ Yet they seem to have come to the end of their resources before the work was fin-ished, for we are told that the Emperor Alexis I. sent over certain funds in 1009 for thecompletion of the cathedral. Mothes, p. 720. IHK ( KOMANKSqi K lily. Fig-. 213. The Pisa Group. 276 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY aisles are covered by groined vaults without ribs, and the inner andouttr aisles are separated by arcades of pointed arclies, but withsmaller and lower colunnis than those of the nave arcades. Over theaisles is a triforium gallery unvaulted, with a ceiling like that of thenave, the inner and outer galleries being separated like the aislesbelow by arcades, composed in thjs case of grou})s of four arches oncolumns, separated by square piers set over each alternate column ofthe lower arcade of the aisles. These galleries are of unusual height,and the outer one is lighted by windows in the aisle wall. The baysof the transept aisles are separated by transverse arches and coveredby barrel vaults. Those of the long arm are not separated, and aregroined. The choir has two bays before the apse, and is flanked bytwo aisles on either side like the
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