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36 FIRST PERIOD.
aisles, outside, are also portions of the original building; the
latter having been modernized in the interior, it cannot now
be ascertained whether, as is probable, the aisles had once round
ends as well as the choir. The spaces f g form small chapels,
of which g has a straight terminal wall behind its altar, and p
a curved one, marked by the dotted line; the partitions which
divide these chapels from the presbytery are also indicated by
dotted lines, being modern work.
§ xiv. The plan is drawn carefully to scale, but the relation
in which its proportions are disposed can hardly be appreciated
by the eye. The width of the nave from shaft to opposite
shaft is 32 feet 8 inches; of the aisles, from the shaft to the
wall, 16 feet 2 inches, or allowing 2 inches for the thickness of
the modern wainscot, 16 feet 4 inches, half the breadth of the
nave exactly. The intervals between the shafts are exactly
one fourth of the width of the nave, or 8 feet 2 inches, and
the distance between the great piers which form the pseudo-
transept is 24 feet 6 inches, exactly three times the interval of
the shafts. So the four distances are accurately in arithmetical
proportion; i.e.
Ft. In.
Interval of shafts .... 8 2
Width of aisle ..... 16 4
Width of transept . . . . 24 6
Width of nave 32 8
The shafts average 5 feet 4 inches in circumference, as near
the base as they can be got at, being covered with wood; and
the broadest sides of the main piers are 4 feet 7 inches wide,
their narrowest sides 3 feet 6 inches. The distance a c from
the outmost angle of these piers to the beginning of the curve
of the apse is 25 feet, and from that point the apse is nearly
semicircular, but it is so encumbered with renaissance fittings
that its form cannot be ascertained with perfect accuracy. It
is roofed by a concha, or semi-dome; and the external arrangement of its walls provides for the security of this dome by
what is, in fact, a system of buttresses as effective and definite
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000049 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 36 FIRST PERIOD. aisles, outside, are also portions of the original building; the latter having been modernized in the interior, it cannot now be ascertained whether, as is probable, the aisles had once round ends as well as the choir. The spaces f g form small chapels, of which g has a straight terminal wall behind its altar, and p a curved one, marked by the dotted line; the partitions which divide these chapels from the presbytery are also indicated by dotted lines, being modern work. § xiv. The plan is drawn carefully to scale, but the relation in which its proportions are disposed can hardly be appreciated by the eye. The width of the nave from shaft to opposite shaft is 32 feet 8 inches; of the aisles, from the shaft to the wall, 16 feet 2 inches, or allowing 2 inches for the thickness of the modern wainscot, 16 feet 4 inches, half the breadth of the nave exactly. The intervals between the shafts are exactly one fourth of the width of the nave, or 8 feet 2 inches, and the distance between the great piers which form the pseudo- transept is 24 feet 6 inches, exactly three times the interval of the shafts. So the four distances are accurately in arithmetical proportion; i.e. Ft. In. Interval of shafts .... 8 2 Width of aisle ..... 16 4 Width of transept . . . . 24 6 Width of nave 32 8 The shafts average 5 feet 4 inches in circumference, as near the base as they can be got at, being covered with wood; and the broadest sides of the main piers are 4 feet 7 inches wide, their narrowest sides 3 feet 6 inches. The distance a c from the outmost angle of these piers to the beginning of the curve of the apse is 25 feet, and from that point the apse is nearly semicircular, but it is so encumbered with renaissance fittings that its form cannot be ascertained with perfect accuracy. It is roofed by a concha, or semi-dome; and the external arrangement of its walls provides for the security of this dome by what is, in fact, a system of buttresses as effective and definite |
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