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Encyclopedia of architecture : a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, forming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs (1852)

Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844, Lomax, Edward, Gunyon, Thomas · New York : Johnson, Fry & Co. · leaf 71

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the pmpose of a stronghold. Florentinebuildings excel in dignity and gr;indeur those of Rome andVenice, but fall far short of them in lightness and elegance ;they are infijrior in the refineinent of detail, but surjiass allothers in bold and imposing masses. Although the revival of the classic… … ITA 43 ITA fifteenth century, as is evident in many of tiie windows,some of wliich have the intnidos of their archivolts semicir-ciilar, while the extrados is carried up in a pointed arch;otiicrs again arc composed of two lights with semicircularheads, bolii enclosed within a larger semicircular…

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