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ITALIAN ARCHITECTUKE.
Part II.
acquired confidence in themselves and tfieir own style, and despised
classical arrangements both in plan and in detail.
The sepulchre itself seems to have been rebuilt, about the year
1555, 1 or at least so thoroughly repaired that it is difficult to say
what its exact original form may have been. Probably it did not
differ materially from that shown in the woodcut, since that resembles
the style of the 12th much more than that of the 16th century.
Although the church of the Holy Sepulchre was, naturally, by far
the greatest work undertaken by the Crusaders, there are some six or
seven other churches in Jerusalem, 2 or its immediate vicinity, which
were erected during the 12th century. The most complete of these
at the present day is that of St. Anne—now in course of thorough
repair by the Prench Government.
It is a small church, 112 ft. long
by 66 ft. wide internally, divided
into three aisles, each terminating
in an apse, and covered with inter-
secting vaults, showing strongly-
marked transverse ribs of the usual
Italian pattern. It has also a small
dome on the intersection between the
nave and transept. The windows are
small and without tracery. It is,
in fact, a counterpart of the usual
Italian church of the age. The same
remarks apply to Ste. Marie la
Grande, Ste. Marie Latine, the
Madeleine, and other churches which
the Christians built in their quarter
of the town during their occupation,
to replace those of which the Moslems
had deprived them.
One of the most perfect churches
of this age, out of Jerusalem, is that
at Abû Gosh—the ancient Kirjath-
Jearim (Woodcuts Hos. 538, 539).
Externally it is a rectangle, 86 ft.
by 57 ft., with three apses which
do not appear externally. Under the whole is an extensive crypt.
Tbough small, it is so complete, and so elegant in all its details,
539. East End of Chnrch at Abû Gosh.
(From De Vogüé.)
' Quaresimus, ‘ Elucidatio,’ ii. p. 386.
2 All these are carefully described aiid
delineated bv Count de Yogiié, in his
beautiful work entitled, ‘ Les Églises de
la Terre Sainte,’ Paris, 1860.
ITALIAN ARCHITECTUKE.
Part II.
acquired confidence in themselves and tfieir own style, and despised
classical arrangements both in plan and in detail.
The sepulchre itself seems to have been rebuilt, about the year
1555, 1 or at least so thoroughly repaired that it is difficult to say
what its exact original form may have been. Probably it did not
differ materially from that shown in the woodcut, since that resembles
the style of the 12th much more than that of the 16th century.
Although the church of the Holy Sepulchre was, naturally, by far
the greatest work undertaken by the Crusaders, there are some six or
seven other churches in Jerusalem, 2 or its immediate vicinity, which
were erected during the 12th century. The most complete of these
at the present day is that of St. Anne—now in course of thorough
repair by the Prench Government.
It is a small church, 112 ft. long
by 66 ft. wide internally, divided
into three aisles, each terminating
in an apse, and covered with inter-
secting vaults, showing strongly-
marked transverse ribs of the usual
Italian pattern. It has also a small
dome on the intersection between the
nave and transept. The windows are
small and without tracery. It is,
in fact, a counterpart of the usual
Italian church of the age. The same
remarks apply to Ste. Marie la
Grande, Ste. Marie Latine, the
Madeleine, and other churches which
the Christians built in their quarter
of the town during their occupation,
to replace those of which the Moslems
had deprived them.
One of the most perfect churches
of this age, out of Jerusalem, is that
at Abû Gosh—the ancient Kirjath-
Jearim (Woodcuts Hos. 538, 539).
Externally it is a rectangle, 86 ft.
by 57 ft., with three apses which
do not appear externally. Under the whole is an extensive crypt.
Tbough small, it is so complete, and so elegant in all its details,
539. East End of Chnrch at Abû Gosh.
(From De Vogüé.)
' Quaresimus, ‘ Elucidatio,’ ii. p. 386.
2 All these are carefully described aiid
delineated bv Count de Yogiié, in his
beautiful work entitled, ‘ Les Églises de
la Terre Sainte,’ Paris, 1860.