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Title: Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval
Publisher: New York, The Baker and Taylor Company

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o show theoriginal dispositions, it is evident that there was no clearstory.It is almost certain, however, that clearstories were regularlyused. At Pompeii there were galleries over the aisles, and tracesof stairs, leading, no doubt, to similar galleries, have been foundat Timgad and in other basilicas. It is not unlikely that inthe larger examples, such as those of Rome, clearstory and gal-leries may both have been found. The roof, as has been men-tioned, was always of wood, but the apse was often coveredwith a half-dome. (The disposition of typical basilicas maybe seen from the plate of plans, 111. 22.) Next in importance to the basilica, from the medieval stand-point, was the circular temple. We have fewer examples of 1 Timgad, Silchester, etc. 2 Kanawat. 3 On what authority this conclusion is based, does not appear. 4 Timgad and Basilica Julia. 5 Notably Dukle and Trier, though in the latter there may have been aisles. 6 Roman arcades in the Basilica Julia. 7 Trier and Pompeii. 36
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ILL. 25. – Plan of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome. (From Iwanoff)

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