A History of Architecture in All Countries From the Earliest Times to the Prese
A History of Architecture in All Countries From the Earliest Times to the Prese
James Ferguson
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Tomb at Varzahan. (From Layard's "Nineveh and Babylon. ") are grouped and joined together. In some iustances the sacred num- ber of S3ven are coupled togetlier in one design, though more gen- er. Ally each little church is an independent erection ; but they are all so small that their plans are of comparatively little importance. No grandeur of effect or poetry of perspective can be obtained without considerable dimensions, and these are not to be found in Armenia. Tliere are also some examples... of circular cluirches, but these are far from being numerous. Generally speaking they are tombs, or con- nected with sepulchral rites, and are indeed mere amplifications of tl:e usual tombs of the natives of the country, which are generally 474 BYZANTINE . VIlCniTECTUKE. Part II. little models of the domes of Armenian churches placed on the ground, tliough perhaps it would be more correct to say that the domes were copied from the tombs than the reverse. The most elegant of all those liithei-to made known is one found at Ani, illustrated in Woodcuts Nos.
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