An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 107
lUc are encircled about with a colonnade of the Corinthinnorder. The capitals of the Temi)le of the Sybil are extraordinary as pieces of ellective artThe leaves of the capital, instead of being njipliquees to the bell, as in other examples, ar».in this cut into it, and impart a magical appearance… … t ^ IK IL.PIB Ut mil SiHlI of naccluis is of a late date. In its exterior there is notliing to remark, excejit that it haslost a portico at its entrance which originally belonged to it. It consists of a central cir-cular cell, if such it may be called, surrounded by a circidar aisle, the former…
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