Identifier: architectureinit00catt (find matches)
Title: Architecture in Italy, from the sixth to the eleventh century; historical and critical researches
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Cattaneo, Raffaele, 1861-1889
Subjects: Architecture Architecture
Publisher: London : Unwin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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erced inthe walls at the end of the lateralnaves. There is no doubt of thesynchronism of this part with therest of the chuich, because thewalls show no signs of any addi-tions, and the mosaic pavementdoes not stop at the doors of thesecells, but continues and coversthem with tlie same splendouiand with a design tliat adaptsitself perfectly to the irregularityof the curve of the apsis \\a\\.Tbese two cells will be lield bymany as a singularity of ourchurch, it being commonly be-lieved that till towards the end of the IMiddle Ages all churcheswere unprovided with special rooms to l)e used as sacristies,and that the ends of the lateral naves or their apsides suppliedtheir place. That this frequently )ia)>pened. many antique churches with-out trace of sacristies bear witness, and S. Paul of Nola witnessesto it when he writes that in his new basilica he had disposed tothe right and left two apsidioles in place of them to hold thebook and objects of the sacred ministry. But that does not
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Imc. 11. rian of S. Maiia of f4rado—A.D. 571-5b0. 67 abolisli tlio fact tlmt. in tlio i^Toatcv iiuinlifi- of tlie cliiirilns oftlu raily (•(■iitiiiics. tlicic were veal saciisties joined to the restof tlie chnvcli. Imt alwaxs distinct from tlie naves. In large basilicas it seems that the sacristies were foundnear the vestihnh, at the entrance of tlie cliurcli Tlie sacristvof the old church of S. Peter in the Vatican had the form of asmall basilica with apsis, chapels, and colnnins. and was joinedto the entrance-portico.* At S. John Lateran, on the contrary,the oratory of S. Thomas served for sacristy, and at S. Piax-eda that of S. Zenone. In the East the churches witiiout sacristies reaHy form anexception. It is enough to open the very valuable \\orlv ofVogiie t to convince oneself that, in the fifth and sixth centuries,in Centviil Syria, at any rate, sacristies were an integral part ofall churches. Of whatever form the latter may be, we alwayssee two rectangular rooms invariabl

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