. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. oi. — Faviiile of S. (iiorjjii) in Velaljro, Rome. lu,. 53. — H;isili<a at (lia(|.|a. IlT-piT-liM- of ((inslnictioii. (Kroiii Dc Viicriie) CAMPANILES stated in a few brief sentences. Atria gradually passed out ofuse. In the IX and X centuries the decay of technique fellto its lowest depths, but in the XII and XIII centuries it againrevived. In certain churches rectangular piers were substi-tuted for columns in every two or three bays, and at Sta. Pras-seda transverse arches spanning the na
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. III. oi. — Faviiile of S. (iiorjjii) in Velaljro, Rome. lu,. 53. — H;isili<a at (lia(|.|a. IlT-piT-liM- of ((inslnictioii. (Kroiii Dc Viicriie) CAMPANILES stated in a few brief sentences. Atria gradually passed out ofuse. In the IX and X centuries the decay of technique fellto its lowest depths, but in the XII and XIII centuries it againrevived. In certain churches rectangular piers were substi-tuted for columns in every two or three bays, and at Sta. Pras-seda transverse arches spanning the nave were sprung fromsuch piers. One. and only one innovation of importance was made: —the introduction of campaniles or bell towers. The subjectpresents singular obscurities. At Ravenna, round towers () were erected at an unknown date (perhaps in the VII orVIII century), in the neighborhood of the basilicas, but directlyconnected with them, if at all, only by means of undergroundpassages. The purposes of these towers is up to the presentan unsolved enigma. They certainly have the external ap-pearance of being towers of defense; but it is
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