11. The central dome is vast. 12. This is a small cruciform building, situated behind the church of S. Vitale, made of brick and covered by a central dome. 13. Inside the church, where the lighting is subdued but not dim, the central dome is supported on eight piers. 14. It has a central dome, nine feet in diameter, on a high drum pierced by small windows, which is supported on four piers. 15. The central dome is small -- only six feet in diameter -- and is decorated inside with gold mosaic. 16. It has a tall central dome and smaller ones, also set on drums, over the angle spaces. 17. Inside four arches support the central dome with squinches rather than pendentives. 18. Many churches had four simple gables of equal size one on each face, surmounted by a central dome upon a drum. 19. It is a double-aisled church and has a central dome and four more over the angles. 20. The central dome is supported on pendentives and the smaller ones on squinches. |