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

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 461

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TESTUDO, In Roman architecture, anarched vault or ceiling, especially when sur-based or flattened. TETRAPYIjON. Something characterizedby having four gateways as a building with anearly equal gateway in each of four sides.Such a building is the well-known arch of Janusnear the church of S. Giorgio…

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