A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 430
—A. D. F. H. CYMATIUM. A. A moulding named byVitruvius, presumably a cyma, but perhapsnot always or necessarily of any one givenprofile. B. In modern nomenclature, a crown mould-ing to a cornice of the classic type. It thussjiecifies a feature and not a profile. The com-monest profile is, indeed,… … CyM.ATH .M KKOM A HoCSE NE.^R SEKD.ULLA,SVKH, C. 400 A.D. Doric and Lesbian cymatium is not clearly vm- derstood. Modern architects sometimes substi- 736 CYPRUS tute a cheneau for the regular cymatiura abovethe corona of the crown cornice. A. I>. F. H.CYPRUS. ARCHITECTURE OF. The ancient…
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