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 136
ad. The drum of the cupola is externally ornamented witheighty-eight columns connected by arches, over which are pediments in marble, forming aspecies of crowns. The principal point of difference in these cathedrals from the oldbasilicas, in imitation whereof they were doubtless built, is in the… … lib- HISTORY OF AUCEHTECTURE. I5oOK I. and stylo, tlio aicliit(,ct of it was a very skilful mechanic. One of his epitaphs, at Iisa, we<iil)ji)in, in ])roof of what we have stated. Qund vix mille boum possent jiiKa juiicta moverc. Et quod vix potuit per marc fcrre ratis,Biischetti nisu, quod erat…
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