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Title: An essay on the history of English church architecture prior to the separation of England from the Roman obedience
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897
Subjects: Church architecture Church architecture
Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall and co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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commonlysituated in the forum, so, too, they were verycommon adjuncts to the basilica. To give roomfor the law-court, and to remove it somewhat fromthe noise and bustle going on in the body of thebuilding, without abandoning that publicity whichwas essential, semi-circular recesses were formed atthe sides—or more commonly at the ends of thehall—and these were fenced off in some cases fromthe rest of the building by marble screens, whichremain in situ in the Basilica Jovis. Of the great pagan basilicas of Rome we mayselect four for illustration, as characteristic ofdifferent types. First of all comes the greatBasilica Julia in the Forum Romanum, of whichenough has been excavated to show its immenseextent. A splendid double colonnade surrounds acentral area about no feet wide by 230 feet long.The whole of this vast floor is laid with preciousmarbles. It is not known whether this forumwas covered in or not, though the questionmight be determined by observing whether there PLATE III.
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THE BASILICA JOVIS ON THE FIG. I. INTERIOR VIEW. FIG. II. PALATINE HILL. GROUND-PLAN. THE HISTORY OF EXGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. 5 was provision for removing the rain which wouldfall upon the floor of the central area if unroofed.I have little doubt, from its immense area, and fromthe fact of its being unenclosed by any externalwall, that it was open to the air. The next type is afforded us in the Basilica Jovis,erected by Domitian, upon the palatine hill. Thiswas in all probability roofed in, and planned withgalleries as shown in the conjectural restoration.This type is the one which most resembles thechristian model, and it serves to show to what asmall extent the indebtedness extends.* The next great model is the Ulpian Basilica.This vast building is enclosed by a wall enrichedtowards the forum with a portico. It consists, likethe Julian Basilica, of a double colonnade sur-rounding a great central area, but it has at eachextremity an immense apse, which no doubt servedas a law-cou

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