Comparisons

Abstract

The frequent use of words like imitatio, comparatio, similitudo, congruentia, differentia, instar indicates that attempts were made to associate forms which originated at different places or times. Often the circular sepulchral church at Jerusalem or the Pantheon at Rome is quoted by way of comparison or as an example. The comparisons made are usually of a very general nature, however, as for instance the comment that a particular building surpasses all other buildings in an area or country in size or beauty which in many cases links up with the fact that the chronicle-writers are more or less exclusively acquainted with their own immediate environment.