Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . the 6th century with a crypt and twostoreys over it. The church of the same date to whichthis adjoined was re-built at the opening of the i ith cen-tury by Abbot William of Volpiano in Lombardy, anddedicated in 1018, His building was a basilica endingwith three apses, and between these apses and the6th century chapel he constructed the round churchwhich has been mentioned, to contain the tomb ofS. Benigne, of which the crypt alone remains (Fig. 102).It consists of two concentric aisles surrounding a centralspace, the diameters of the three circles being
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . the 6th century with a crypt and twostoreys over it. The church of the same date to whichthis adjoined was re-built at the opening of the i ith cen-tury by Abbot William of Volpiano in Lombardy, anddedicated in 1018, His building was a basilica endingwith three apses, and between these apses and the6th century chapel he constructed the round churchwhich has been mentioned, to contain the tomb ofS. Benigne, of which the crypt alone remains (Fig. 102).It consists of two concentric aisles surrounding a centralspace, the diameters of the three circles being approxi-mately 20, 40, and 60 ft. respectively \ Over thecircumambient aisles were two other storeys like them,the lower at the floor level of the church, the upper atthat of the triforium. Eight columns surround the middlearea, carrying round arches and forming an octagon, andsixteen carry the outer arcade between the aisles. The ^ The dimensions are given as 59om., i2iom., i83om. Rivoira, vol. 6. I20 FRANCE—BURGUNDY [ch. xxii.
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