A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 209
d with ]icculiar richness, their jambscrowded with shafts, the arches with decoratedmouldings, the tympanums sculptured with Bib-lical or legendary stories. In Italy elaborateprojecting porches were built over them, carriedby columns which commonly rested on lions orfabulous beasts. It is difficult… … Romanesque ARCHiTKfTunE: Abbey Church atMaulbkon. See the ground pliiti iinrlcr Monastic AiTliitectiire. ;i23 ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE littereut races. The l);isilic:ui was uf soutliemurigin ; it is its peculiarity tliat it scarcelychanged during the five centuries in whichit was practised. Born…
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