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The nave and porch were floored with plain red tesserae: in the apse was a simple mosaic panel in red, black and white.

The archway of the south transept apse is now the entrance to St. Catherine's Chapel.

He walked across to the grave-yard under a blackened wall—a bit of the apse of the vanished church—and sat down on a grave-stone.

The Ducal Palace begins to show mouldings on both sides, 28, 31; and 35 is a complete arch moulding from the apse of the Frari.

The apse was developed from the somewhat similar part of the Roman basilic, in which the magistrate (prtor) sat.