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...Mais, d'abord, faisons une excursion à Athènes. L'une des plus grandes églises de cette ville est l'église de Saint-Nicodème. Si nous faisons une coupe sur la ligne AB, voici (13) le tracé que nous obtenons: quatre niches, ou plutôt quatre culs-de-four, font passer la construction du plan carré au plan circulaire qui reçoit la calotte au moyen de tympans gauches, ou de huit pendentifs à peine sentis qui surmontent les arcs...

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