[elektro] which lay within the ci
Agurs
spurs at agriking.com
Wed Sep 2 10:17:42 CEST 2009
Ral chapels are low and are entered by vaults rising to the same height
as those of the angle chambers, between which the central apse rises
higher both externally and internally. The chapels have niches arched
above the cornice on three sides, and are covered by cross-groined
vaults which combine with the semicircular heads of the niches to
produce a very beautiful effect. To the east they have long bema arches
flanked by two small semicircular niches, and are lighted by small
single windows. The church is preceded by a narthex in three bays
covered by cross-groined vaults supported on strong transverse arches.
At either end it terminates in a large semicircular niche. The northern
one is intact, but of the southern niche only the arched head remains.
The lower part of the niche has been cut away to afford access to the
narthex of the south church. This would suggest that, at least, the
narthex of the south church is of later date than the north church.
Considered as a whole the north church is a good example of its type,
lofty and delicate in its proportions. _The South Church._--The narthex
is unsymmetrical to the church and in its present form must be the
result of extensive alteration. It is in two very dissimilar bays. That
to the north is covered with a cross-groined vault of lath and plaster,
probably on t
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