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Clever of you to specify "nave", Theresa. I can't think of such a
parallel offhand. The parallels that do come to mind are from
_cylindrical_ structures, namely:
The fourth-century Mausoleum of Constantina ("Santa Costanza") at Rome:
http://www.lebellezzeditalia.it/fotografie/foto%20lazio/foto_roma/santa%20costanza.jpg
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/bpn6n
http://www.activitaly.it/monument/imago/60.jpg
http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/~workman/pictures/rome/03.Mausoleo_di_Santa_Costanza.jpg
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/d59n6
Plan:
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/slavistik/vc/nfranz/Archiv/Werke/MBaGrundrisse/RomSantaCostanzaGrundriss.html
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/bep42
AND
The sixth-century baptistery adjacent to Santa Maria Maggiore at Nocera
Superiore (SA):
Plan:
http://web.tiscali.it/archemail/nuc_batt.gif
Surrounding text:
http://web.tiscali.it/archemail/1snuce.htm
Best,
John Dillon
PS: A couple of views of those double columns in the cathedral at Trani:
http://www.trani.org/trani/turismo/itinerari/immaginidatabase/dcp_0530.jpg
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/agl9w
and
http://www.trani.org/trani/turismo/itinerari/immaginidatabase/dcp_0531.jpg
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/dhv6l
On Thursday, June 2, 2005.t 0:31 am, Theresa Gross-Diaz wrote:
> Thanks for the link to the church at Trani. The last site
> indicates (and Baedeker agrees!) that the double columns in the
> nave are unique in Puglia. I know of such double columns in many a
> cloister arcade; but what other naves are graced with such a
> support system? In Italy ir elsewhere?
> TGD
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 06/01/05 11:51 PM >>>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> On Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 7:09 pm, Phyllis wrote:
> > Today (2. June) is the feast day of:
>
> > Nicholas the Pilgrim (d. 1094) Nicholas was a Greek who
> immigrated
> > to Italy. He wandered from town to town, carrying a cross and
> > chanting "Kyrie eleison." He attracted large crowds---some
> > regarded
> > him as a holy man, others as a lunatic. But after he died in
> Trani
> > a
> > number of miracles were reported at his tomb and the "holy man"
> > school of thought won. N. was canonized by Urban II in 1098.
>
> Nick the Pilgrim's cathedral at Trani is always worth a look.
>
> For a few highlights, see:
>
http://web.infinito.it/utenti/e/enigmagalgano/Galleria/galleria2/trani.html
> TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/bfb5e
>
> More highlights (enlargeable) are here:
> http://www.mondimedievali.net/Edifici/Puglia/Trani.htm
>
> For more, go here
>
http://www.trani.org/trani/turismo/itinerari/galleriafotografica/galleriaindex.asp?ricerca=Cattedrale
> TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/4293j
> and keep clicking on "successiva" (near the bottom)!
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
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