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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 279

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hian, Entablature of Jupiter Tonans. used as the Church of Santa Maria Degli Angeli. It isalmost 300 ft. long by 90 ft. wide, and was restored byMichelangelo. Its roof consists of three great cross vaultssupported by eight granite columns, 45 ft. in height.^40L. I. s 2S8 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. Another… … It was begun by the Emperor Vespasian and finished byhis son Titus, and its ruins still attest to its greatness. It is elliptical in plan, is four stories in height; thethree lowest are pierced with eighty openings, semi- GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE. 259 circular arched, with columns and piers…

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