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‘The traditional plan for mediaeval churches was the Latin cross plan, as at S. Lorenzo, with one arm of the cross longer than the others so as to form the nave or main body of the church. During the Middle Ages this cross plan was considered a symbolic reference to the cross of Christ. During the Renaissance the ideal Church plan tended to be centralised, that is, it was symmetrical about a central point, as is a circle, a square, or a Greek cross (which has four equal arms). Many Renaissance architects came to believe that the circle was the most perfect geometrical form and, therefore, most appropriate in dedication to a perfect God.’*

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** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:997]

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