A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and company · leaf 229
t instances joined by a reversed curve to thesummit of the enclosing wall. The masonry being uni)rotected bywooden roofs, the external form of the Eastern dome thus followsaccurately its construction. In the smaller details of construction the Byzantine dome presents several peculiarities,of which… … life Fig. 139. Construction of Byzantine Arch or Vault. S. Sofia. vided into sections or zones, each with a centre of its own, thecentres rising as the masonry approaclies the crown. (Fig. 139.)This peculiarity is not confined to domes, but is common to all formsof vaults, and its practical effect…
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