A Text-Book of the History of Architecture: Seventh Edition, revisedHamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster)
History
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture: Seventh Edition, revised
Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster)
Architecture -- History
+CLOISTERS, ETC.+ Mention should be made of the other monastic buildings
which were grouped around the abbey churches of this period. These
comprised refectories, chapter-halls, cloistered courts surrounded by
the conventual cells, and a large number of accessory structures for
kitchens, infirmaries, stores, etc. The whole formed an elaborate and
complex aggregation of connected buildings, often of great size and
beauty, especially the refectories and cloisters. Most of these
conventual buildings have disappeared, many of them having been
demolished during the Gothic period to make way for more elegant
structures in the new style. There remain, however, a number of fine
cloistered courts in their original form, especially in Southern France.
Among the most remarkable of these are those of +Moissac+, +Elne+, and
+Montmajour+.
+MONUMENTS.+ ITALY. (For basilicas and domical churches of
6th-12th centuries see pp. 118, 119.)--Before 11th century: Sta.
Maria at Toscanella, altered 1206; S. Donato, Zara; chapel at
Friuli; baptistery at Boella. 11th century: S. Giovanni, Viterbo;
Sta. Maria della Pieve, Arezzo; S. Antonio, Piacenza, 1014;
Eremiti, 1132, and La Martorana, 1143, both at Palermo; Duomo at
Bari, 1027 (much altered); Duomo and baptistery, Novara, 1030;
Duomo at Parma, begun 1058; Duomo at Pisa, 1063-1118; S. Miniato,
Florence, 1063-12th century; S. Michele at Pavia and Duomo at
Modena, late 11th century.--12th century: in Calabria and Apulia,
cathedrals of Trani, 1100; Caserta, Vecchia, 1100-1153; Molfetta,
1162; Benevento; churches S. Giovanni at Brindisi, S. Niccolo at
Bari, 1139. In Sicily, Duomo at Monreale, 1174-1189. In Northern
Italy, S. Tomaso in Limine, Bergamo, 1100 (?); Sta. Giulia,
Brescia; S. Lorenzo, Milan, rebuilt 1119; Duomo at Piacenza, 1122;
S. Zeno at Verona, 1139; S. Ambrogio, Milan, 1140, vaulted in 13th
century; baptistery at Pisa, 1153-1278; Leaning Tower, Pisa,
1174.--14th century: S. Michele, Lucca, 1188; S. Giovanni and
S. Frediano, Lucca. In Dalmatia, cathedral at Zara, 1192-1204.
Many castles and early town-halls, as at Bari, Brescia, Lucca,
etc.
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