Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 701
the acanthus. The acanthus of the Greeks is the narrowprickly acanthus ; that of the Roman, the soft acanthus. For capitals theRoman acanthus is commonly composed of conventional clusters of olive-leaves.Fig. 1721 represents a Roman acanthus scroll. 68-i ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION. The free… … Fig. 1717.
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