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Fig. 55 Longitudinal sections of (a) Ravenna, cathedral church, showing western features of a long
nave and clerestory wall above colonnade (as in the eighteenth century; by Amadesi Buonamici, 1733);
(b) Thessalonica, Acheiropoietos church of c. 470, showing eastern features of a shorter nave and
upper-storey colonnade opening into a gallery above each side aisle. (From Krautheimer, Early
Christian and Byzantine Architecture fig. 25)
timbers were unobtainable, masonry vaults replaced them. The basilica was
equally popular in city and village (Figs. 41–2, 55–6, 60–1). At least six were
built in the Syrian village of Androna, and, although Constantinople is better
known for its centralized or domed churches (Sts Sergius and Bacchus, St
Irene, and St Sophia) (Figs. 58–9), timber-roofed basilicas were built there
too in the fifth and sixth century: St John Studios, St Mary Chalkoprateia, the
Blachernae church, and those unearthed at Beyazit and in the Saray. 66
Although all of the same basic type, there were many differences across
the empire in the details of the basilica’s design. For instance (Fig. 55),
western basilicas tend to be longer than eastern ones. In the east there were
66 Mango, Byzantine Architecture 61–79; Krautheimer, Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture 74–101.
Androna: Butler (1919, 1920) ii B, 47, 52–62; Constantinople: Mathews (1971) nos. 5, 15, 34, 39; Procop.
Buildings i.3.1–5.
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