The Dome--_continued_.
St. Irene, Constantinople--Church of San Vitale, the type, three
centuries later, of Charlemagne’s Church at Aix-la-Chapelle--Two
influences at work leading to the introduction and adoption
of the dome into Italy--From thence into the south-west of
France--Baptisteries at Florence and Parma--Cathedral at
Sienna--St. Mark’s, Venice--Santa Fosca near Venice--Domes
having _pointed_ arches for their support--St. Front and La
Cité, Perigueux--Angoulême--Fontevrault--Auvergne--Ainay near
Lyons--Pendentives in many French churches give place to corbels--The
_modern_ type of dome--Cathedral at Florence--St. Peter’s, Rome, and
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