A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 435
A. 1\ F. H. CYMATIUM. ^I. 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 thusspecifies a feature and not a profile. The com-monest jirofile is, indeed,… … CVM-\TIl.M FROM A HoUSE NE.^^R SeRDJILLA,Syki.\, C. 400 A.D. Doric and Lesbian cymatium is not clearly un-derstood. Modern architects sometimes substi-736 CYPRUS tute a cheneau for the icjrular cymatium abovethe corona of the crown cornice. — A. I). F. H.CYPRUS. ARCHITECTURE OF. The ancient…
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