Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . rust diminished in proportionas the pointed section was made more acute ; and excepton a large scale, when there was generally trouble, andwhere buttressing had to be applied to prevent disaster,as was done at Autun and elsewhere, many of thesevaults stand perfectly well when the walls are of the old churches in Guernsey and some in southWales, are roofed in this manner, and stand safely with-out buttresses. s. Troph- The church of S. Trophime at Arles, which it is said was consecrated in 1152, is one of these barrel vaultedbuildings, po
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . rust diminished in proportionas the pointed section was made more acute ; and excepton a large scale, when there was generally trouble, andwhere buttressing had to be applied to prevent disaster,as was done at Autun and elsewhere, many of thesevaults stand perfectly well when the walls are of the old churches in Guernsey and some in southWales, are roofed in this manner, and stand safely with-out buttresses. s. Troph- The church of S. Trophime at Arles, which it is said was consecrated in 1152, is one of these barrel vaultedbuildings, pointed in section, and with a solid roof ofmasonry above. There are side aisles, ceiled withquadrant waggon vaults, like those of the Auvergne,which counterthrust the vault of the nave. The plan iscruciform with a massive tower over the crossing, buta very poor late Gothic choir has replaced unworthilythe original Romanesque apse. The style is very simple;there is little ornament in the interior, and the exterior is ime, Aries Plate CIV. U* ^; \\ Ofr **-!<; r
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