A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 242
nstead of fictitious entab-latures. The capitals were modified in view oftills new function, being formed like invertedtruncated pyramids, and covered with flat, incisedcarving instead of strongly projecting leaves andVolutes. An impost block above the capitalrecalled the fragment of entablature… … 2; o -J & 3. w4 e> o a zsi;::3 409 410 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE struction. Founded on tlie Roman practice ofinterior decoration with marble veneering andmosaic, — a system originally brought to Komefrom Asia, — it was by the Byzantines developedto tiie utmost pitch of splendour, but with…
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