Transcriber’s Note When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by _underscores_. Superscripts have been indicated by preceding the superscripted letters with ^. When more than one character in a row is superscripted, the letters have been surrounded with {}. Ditto marks have been replaced by the text they represent. Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text. [Illustration: PORTAL OF THE CONVENT AT BELEM, NEAR LISBON.] A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY. BY JAMES FERGUSSON, D.C.L., F.R.S., M.R.A.S., FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRIT. ARCHITECTS, _&c. &c. &c._ [Illustration: Façade of Church at Tourmanin.] IN FIVE VOLUMES.—VOL. II. _THIRD EDITION._ EDITED BY R. PHENÉ SPIERS, F.S.A., FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRITISH ARCHITECTS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, 1893. _The right of Translation is reserved._ FERGUSSON’S ARCHITECTURE. _Third Edition, with 330 Illustrations, 2 vols., medium 8vo_, 31s. 6d. A HISTORY OF THE MODERN STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE. By the late JAMES FERGUSSON, F.R.S. A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With a Special Account of the Architecture of America. By ROBERT KERR, Professor of Architecture at King’s College, London. --------------------- BY THE SAME. _New and Cheaper Edition, with 400 Illustrations, medium 8vo_, 31s. 6d. A HISTORY OF INDIAN AND EASTERN ARCHITECTURE. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PART II.—CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. (_Continued._) BOOK II.—ITALY. (_Continued._) CHAP. PAGE VII. Circular churches—Towers at Prato and Florence—Porches— 1 Civic buildings—Town-halls—Venice—Doge’s Palace—Cà d’Oro— Conclusion VIII. SICILY—Population of Sicily—The Saracens—Buildings at 22 Palermo—Cathedral of Monreale—Cefalu—The Pointed Arch IX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN PALESTINE—Church of Holy 32 Sepulchre, Jerusalem—Churches at Abû Gosh and Lydda—Mosque at Hebron BOOK III.—FRANCE.