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base =
Lower part of a column or pier, wider than the
shaft, and resting on a plinth, pedestal, podium,
or stylobate.
basilica =
The form of the early Christian church, a central
high nave with clerestory, lower aisles along the
sides only, with semicircular apse at the end.
D = apse
B.B. =secondary apse
C. = high altar
D. = bishop’s throne
G. = transept
H = nave
J.J. = aisles
bases