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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 204

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ed with peculiar richness, their jambscrowded with shafts, the arches with decoratedmouldings, the tympanums sculptured with Bib-lical or legendary stories. In Italy elaborateprojecting porches were built over them, carriedby columns which commonly rested on lions orfiibulous beasts. It is… … Romanesque ARCHixECTurE: Abbey ChurchMaulbron.See the ground plan under Monastic Architecture. 323 ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE ditificut races. Tlie Ijusilicaii was of suuthemorigin ; it is its peculiarity that it scarcelychanged during the five centuries in whichit was practised. Born perhaps in tiie…

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