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Bk. I. Ch. IV.
NEO-BYZANTINB STYLE.
455
328. St. Clcment, Ancyra. fFrom a Drawing by
Ed. Falkener.)
admitted through windows in the drum, the dome itself being cut into
only in the rarest possible instances.
If these views are correct, the church of St. Clement at Ancyra is
a transitional specimen subsequent to Sta. Sophia, because the dome
is raised timidly (Woodcut ISTo. 328) on a low drum pierced with
four small windows; but it is
anterior to Sta. Irene, because the
dome is still pierced with twelve
larger windows, after the manner
of Sta. Sophia and the older
churches. All the details of its
architecture, in so far as they can
be made out, bear out this de-
scription. They are further re-
moved from the classical type than J_I_ I _ I _ I_ I
J 10 20 30 40 50 ft.
the churches of Justinian, and thc
whole plan (Woodcut ISTo. 329) is more that which the Greek church
afterwards took than any of the early churches show. Its greatest
defect—though the one most generally inherent in
the style—is in its dimensions. It is only 64 ft.
long, over all externally, by 58 ft. wide. Yet this is
a fair average size of a Greek chureh of that age.
Another church, very similar, is found at Myra,
dedicated to St. Yicholas. It exceeds that of St.
Clement in size, and has a double narthex consider-
ably larger in proportion, but so ruined that it is difficult to make
out its plan, or to ascertain whether it is a part of the original
structure, or a subsequent addition. The cupola is raised on a drum,
and altogether the church has the appearance of being much more
modern than that at Ancyra.
A third church of the same class, and better preserved, is found at
Trabala in Lycia. It is of the same type as St. Clement, and similar
in its arrangements to Sta. Sophia, except in the omission of the semi-
domes, which seem never to have been adopted in the provinces,1 and
indeed may be said to be peculiar to the metropolitan church. Not-
withstanding the beauty of that feature, it appears to have remained
dormant till revived by the Turks in Constantinople, and there alone.
In this example there are two detached octagonal buildings, either
329. Churck of St. Cle-
meiit, Ancyra.
Scaie 100 ft. to 1 in.
carried up to tlie yault, and in tlie church
of Sta. Sophia at Thessalonica the windows
are pierced in an upright dome cylindrical
internally. In all these cases, however,
there is a marked distinction between
these examples and those of the lofty
cylindrical drums which were employed
in the Neo-Byzantine cliurches. Mr.
Fergusson’s rule, therefore, with these ex-
ceptions, may be taken as absolute.—Ed.
1 They are found in the Mustapha-
pacha mosque at Constantinople dating
from 430 a.d., but rebuilt in the 13th
century.
NEO-BYZANTINB STYLE.
455
328. St. Clcment, Ancyra. fFrom a Drawing by
Ed. Falkener.)
admitted through windows in the drum, the dome itself being cut into
only in the rarest possible instances.
If these views are correct, the church of St. Clement at Ancyra is
a transitional specimen subsequent to Sta. Sophia, because the dome
is raised timidly (Woodcut ISTo. 328) on a low drum pierced with
four small windows; but it is
anterior to Sta. Irene, because the
dome is still pierced with twelve
larger windows, after the manner
of Sta. Sophia and the older
churches. All the details of its
architecture, in so far as they can
be made out, bear out this de-
scription. They are further re-
moved from the classical type than J_I_ I _ I _ I_ I
J 10 20 30 40 50 ft.
the churches of Justinian, and thc
whole plan (Woodcut ISTo. 329) is more that which the Greek church
afterwards took than any of the early churches show. Its greatest
defect—though the one most generally inherent in
the style—is in its dimensions. It is only 64 ft.
long, over all externally, by 58 ft. wide. Yet this is
a fair average size of a Greek chureh of that age.
Another church, very similar, is found at Myra,
dedicated to St. Yicholas. It exceeds that of St.
Clement in size, and has a double narthex consider-
ably larger in proportion, but so ruined that it is difficult to make
out its plan, or to ascertain whether it is a part of the original
structure, or a subsequent addition. The cupola is raised on a drum,
and altogether the church has the appearance of being much more
modern than that at Ancyra.
A third church of the same class, and better preserved, is found at
Trabala in Lycia. It is of the same type as St. Clement, and similar
in its arrangements to Sta. Sophia, except in the omission of the semi-
domes, which seem never to have been adopted in the provinces,1 and
indeed may be said to be peculiar to the metropolitan church. Not-
withstanding the beauty of that feature, it appears to have remained
dormant till revived by the Turks in Constantinople, and there alone.
In this example there are two detached octagonal buildings, either
329. Churck of St. Cle-
meiit, Ancyra.
Scaie 100 ft. to 1 in.
carried up to tlie yault, and in tlie church
of Sta. Sophia at Thessalonica the windows
are pierced in an upright dome cylindrical
internally. In all these cases, however,
there is a marked distinction between
these examples and those of the lofty
cylindrical drums which were employed
in the Neo-Byzantine cliurches. Mr.
Fergusson’s rule, therefore, with these ex-
ceptions, may be taken as absolute.—Ed.
1 They are found in the Mustapha-
pacha mosque at Constantinople dating
from 430 a.d., but rebuilt in the 13th
century.