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FOOTNOTES:
[A] “The Pagan-Christian Overlap in the North,” by H. Colley March,
M.D. (Lond.)
[B] “The seven periods of Church Architecture,” by Edmund Sharpe.
[C] “Gothic Architecture,” by Thomas Rickman.
Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
Arch of Septimius Severus 21=> Arch of Septimus Severus 21
was the typical forms used=> was the typical form used {pg 23}
from Rome to Byzantine=> from Rome to Byzantium {pg 31}
Girolama della Robbia=> Girolamo della Robbia {pg 81}
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