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Illustration of a medieval cathedral with a cruciform, or cross-shaped, floor plan, showing labeled sections including nave, aisles, columns, transept, crossing, chancel, main altar, auxiliary altar, and apse.
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Leon Battista Alberti
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Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
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