Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 193
plan, it is covered by acircular dome; and the second, that each angle of the decagonis strengthened by a buttress built out beyond the external faceof the wall. This is one of the very few instances in which externalbuttresses occur in Eoman work. It cannot be said that theEomans did not use… … HALF VPPERPLA/1 SHEW-1inc EXTERAAL bvttre:sse5. HALF LOWER PLA/1. scale: of feet 10 O 10 30 30 J \ I I—I—I—I Fig. 95.Choisy. 148 A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. Table. seldom placed a dome over a square. In Syria there are one or two small examples of this which are undoubtedly of the time…
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