A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 594
alive, and as far as practicable iu theirnatural state, as a zoological garden. Whenadapted especially to fish, it is called an aqua-rium; to birds, an aviary; to frogs, a rana-rium, etc. VOLCANIC STONE. Stone which hasbeen formed by volcanic agency, including lava,peperino, pumice, tufii, tufo,… … Volute in Romanesque Work; S. Nicolas,Caen ; c. 1100. capital, which is repeated in the horns of theCorinthian and Composite capitals. VOMITORIUM. One of the passages ar-ranged to give direct ingress to, or egress from,the various tiers of seats in a Roman theatreor aniphitiieatre. VOUSSOIR. One of…
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