Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . CH, XVl] PISA 243 developed style, not approached by any other work of its Thetime. The steps by which its perfection was reached are of pTsamissing, for if there were any that led up to it they areunknown to us. S. Miniato at Florence, the only churchof the date worthy to compare with it, is in a quitedifferent style. Though the architect is reported to be Greek, Latintradition dictated a basilican rather than the domical plan. Fig. 54- which would naturally have suggested itself to him. Thechurch is a Latin cross (Fig. 54) with deep transepts,almost li
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . CH, XVl] PISA 243 developed style, not approached by any other work of its Thetime. The steps by which its perfection was reached are of pTsamissing, for if there were any that led up to it they areunknown to us. S. Miniato at Florence, the only churchof the date worthy to compare with it, is in a quitedifferent style. Though the architect is reported to be Greek, Latintradition dictated a basilican rather than the domical plan. Fig. 54- which would naturally have suggested itself to him. Thechurch is a Latin cross (Fig. 54) with deep transepts,almost like a northern cathedral, and the transepts haveaisles on both sides of them like those at Winchester\The aisles are vaulted, but the nave has a wooden ceiling. ^ It has been suggested that in the original plan the four arms of thecross were equal, and that the western part of the nave and the facade, froma point where the wall deviates from a straight line, is an extension of the13th century, v. Rivoira, II. p. 596. Signor Supino {Italia artisticd) sees noreason for this idea. 16—2 244 PISA [CH. XVI The Cathedral Variedarrange-ment ofcolon-nades Over the crossing of nave and transepts is a dome, inplan an elongated octagon, a mere covering in of thecentral space, not as in the Greek churches supplying themotive of the design. The 68 columns of the nave aresaid to be antiques,—Greek and Roman,—spoils of war(Plate LXV). The capitals are classic, some of th
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