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 233
peculiarity is not confined to domes, but is common to all formsof vaults, and its practical effect was to enable their builders todispense, except perhaps in the domes of the largest size, with theuse of centering.^ The one great example of the Byzantine dome in its fullest devel-opment is that of… … Fig. 139. Construction of Byzantine Arch or Vault. ^ Choisy, VArt de hatir chez les Byzantins. Le i)rol)16nie de vofiter sans cintres, les architectes Grecs se le posent f ranchement;et grace ;\ <ring^nieuses agencements de mat^riaux, ils parviennent h, le r^soudre ; le jjlu-part de leurs…
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