A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 506
o gne the impeuil geneilogj, followed by themiperial titles up to d itt ind hnilly, thei>{)ciial occasion for the erection ot the aich MEMORIAL ARCHoccasions, woiUd seem to be disproved by thefact that the earliest memorial arches (e.g.those of Stertinius and Scipio Africanus) werenot connected… … Origin. Not a single arch is known to havebeen erected to do honour to the procession oftlie triumph it commemorated, and this countsnnMunt the common theory of their origin;nor is there anything to support the theory thatthe earliest monumental arches were i)prmanentreproductions of temporary…
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