An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... church was built in the following oen- tury . During the 11th century , the French , relieved from their disordered state , hastened to re- build and repair their ecclesia- tical structures , and their various cities and provinces vied ...
... church was built in the following oen- tury . During the 11th century , the French , relieved from their disordered state , hastened to re- build and repair their ecclesia- tical structures , and their various cities and provinces vied ...
Page 161
... church , with its cupola rising above the mass , to complete the com- position . Towards the south the length is 580 ft . , similar to the length on the north . On entering from the central gate of the western façade , the monastery is ...
... church , with its cupola rising above the mass , to complete the com- position . Towards the south the length is 580 ft . , similar to the length on the north . On entering from the central gate of the western façade , the monastery is ...
Page 162
... church , supposed to be the first built by him , erected at Cherson ; a year after which the church of St. Basil , which , as well as the first named , was of timber , was erected under his command . This prince also built a church at ...
... church , supposed to be the first built by him , erected at Cherson ; a year after which the church of St. Basil , which , as well as the first named , was of timber , was erected under his command . This prince also built a church at ...
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... church . It is usually in four or five horizontal compartments , each containing an unequal number of pictures of saints painted on tablets or long square panels , whose places are fixed with great precision . In the first story , if we ...
... church . It is usually in four or five horizontal compartments , each containing an unequal number of pictures of saints painted on tablets or long square panels , whose places are fixed with great precision . In the first story , if we ...
Page 165
... church existed in all the land ; the custom being to build them of wood . Finan , the second bishop of Lindisfarne , or Holy Island , built a church in that island , A. D. 652 , for a cathedral , which yet was not of stone , but of wood ...
... church existed in all the land ; the custom being to build them of wood . Finan , the second bishop of Lindisfarne , or Holy Island , built a church in that island , A. D. 652 , for a cathedral , which yet was not of stone , but of wood ...
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