rendered perspective, Basilica Hierusalem (c. late 326)
Above these arches the transverse walls rose to a height if 18.25 m. above the present level, thus reaching almost the height of the original roof; the last remains of these transverse walls above the arches are preserved in the gouges in the two long sides of the ancient construction.
Richard Krautheimer, Corpus basilicarum Christianarum Romae: Le basiliche cristiane antichi di Roma (sec. IV-IX) (Cittá del Vaticano: Pontificio istituto di archeologia cristiana, 1937-), p. 190.
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