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Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)

Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 151

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EARLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 147 sketch of a church at Daulis, near Panopseia in Asia Minor, shows a barrel vault supported by a series of transverse arches or ribs rising from wall piers or imposts (see Fig. 83), Ribbed vaulting later became important. The buildings of Syria and Asia Minor are for the… … Fig. 33. Fig. 32. derived. A group of churches explored a few years ago at Bin Bir Kilissi in Asia Minor were assigned an early date by Strzygowski, but Sir W. Ramsay showed that they were more probably not earlier than the ninth century. Some of these were basilican churches with barrel vaults.…

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