History of mediæval art . Fig. 210.—Section and System of Notre-Dame-du-Port in Clermont. of a basilical plan, the clerestory wall supported upon piers, thenave terminated by a continuous barrel-vault, and the side aisles bya bisected form, which counteracts the thrust of the main aisles have two stories, the lower being covered with cross-vaults, while the upper, lighted by small windows in the side wallsof the building, is opened to the nave as a gallery, with three aper-tures above each arcade {Figs. 210 and 211). The building was decidedly in advance of the Provencal models,the i
History of mediæval art . Fig. 210.—Section and System of Notre-Dame-du-Port in Clermont. of a basilical plan, the clerestory wall supported upon piers, thenave terminated by a continuous barrel-vault, and the side aisles bya bisected form, which counteracts the thrust of the main aisles have two stories, the lower being covered with cross-vaults, while the upper, lighted by small windows in the side wallsof the building, is opened to the nave as a gallery, with three aper-tures above each arcade {Figs. 210 and 211). The building was decidedly in advance of the Provencal models,the independence being particularly evident in the cruciform plan, 348 ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROMANIC EPOCH. which had not appeared in the districts of the Rhone during theearlier period, there having previously been no continuation of thenave beyond the transept. The ingenious methods by which theconstructive difficulties were met had no parallel among all thechurches of Southern France. The dome above the intersection ofthe t
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