Fergusson, James: A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day: in five volumes (Band 1) (London, 1893)

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tliough it will not bear coinparison witli the more artistic arrangements
of Northern architects.

Where the apse1 is allowed to be seen externally, it is sometimes,
as at San Pellino (Woodcut ISTo. 471), an object of great beauty and

473. West Front of Bittonto Cathedral. (From a Sketch by A. J. E. Gawen, Esq.)

originality, but such examples are rare in the province, and the
designs suffer in proportion.

In the richer churches, as at Pisa, a blind arcade is carried round
the flanks, sometimes with an open gallery under the eaves, as in
German churches, but this was far from being universally the case ;
on the contrary, it would be difficult, as a typical example of the style,

1 The polygonal form given to tlie apse externally shows thc clirect iuflacnce of
Byzantinc art.

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