A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 458
fourth, thata circular building can hardly, by any contrivance, be made to fit onto any other buildings or apartments. In the Minerva Medica (Woodcut No. 227) great efforts weremade, though not quite successfully, to remedy these defects. Thebuilding would not fit on to any others, and, though an… … 874. Diagram of Byzantine Arrangement. 875. Diagram of Byzantine Pendentives, each of the angles. By this means, the thickness of the outer wallswas very considerably reduced, and the whole square was practicallyutilized. A second step was to cut away as much as possible of theouter wall, leaving…
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