List of Illustrations FIGURES IN TEXT PAGE i- Ravenna: S. Apollinare Nuovo, early 6th century 3 2. Pompeii: Basilica, c. 100 B.C. 4 3. Rome:PalaceoftheFlavianEmperors,lateistcenturyA.D. 5 4. Rome: "Basilica" of Porta Maggiore, 1st century A.D. 5 5. Ravenna: S. Vitale, completed 547 7 6. Ingellieim: Charlemagne's Palace, early pth century 9 7. Fulda: Abbey Church, begun 802 10 8. Centula: Abbey Church, 790-99 (reconstruction) 12 9. S. Juan de Banos, dedicated 661 13 10. Bradford-bn-Avon: An Anglo-Saxon church plan 14 11. Tours: St. Martin's, begun shortly after 997 16 12. Cluny: Abbey Church, as begun c. 960 16 13. Hildesheim: St. Michael's, begun shortly after 1000 17 14. Block capital: St. Michael's, Hildesheim, nth century 20 15. Decorated block capital from the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, early I2th century 22 16. Hildesheim: St. Michael's, begun shortly after 1000 23 17. Fluted capital: Winchester Cathedral, nth century 29 18. Debased Corinthian capital from St. Stephen's, Nevers, late nth century 29 19. Capital from V6zelay, c, 1120: Revived interest in Antiquity 29 20. Crocket capital from Laon, c. 1175: Early Gothic resilience 29 21. St. Denis: Abbey Church, consecrated 1144 . 31 22. Pair of wrestlers, a Cistercian church plan and the plan of the Cathedral of Cambrai. From Villard de Honne- court's textbook, c. 1235 34 23. Another Cistercian plan, and a disciple on the Mount of Olives 36 24. One of the radiating east chapels of Rheims Cathedral 37 25. Elevation of the nave of Noyon Cathedral, designed c. 1150 38 26. Elevation of the nave of Laon Cathedral, designed c. 1170 38 27. Probable original elevation of the nave of Notre Dame in Paris, designed c. 1170 39 28. Paris: Notre Dame, begun c. 1163 41 vii