A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 263
lieing Greek in origin,either from tradition or by strong in-herent probabihty. The dispositionto build around the ojien court, whichstill exists in tlie Mediterranean lands,in other subtropical and in all tropicalcountries, was universal in Greece andin Italy. The Roman atrium, whetherat first… … i;J«iiW\\\W » wv.W.>■?■«* ■ .V ««.i--\V.;. ■ Fig. 4.—House at S. Yrif.ix (Haute-VienneJ ;14th Century. 420 HOUSE partial roof. (See Atrium ; CaviJediiim ; Com-pluviuin ; Impluviuin.) As larger bouses werebuilt, otlier courts were added, and this in cityas well as in country, until much later…
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