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A history of architecture for the student, craftsman, and amateur : being a comparative view of the historical styles from the earliest period (1896)

Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899, Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953 · London : B.T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 144

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the stupendous dome, whichhangs, with little apparent support, like a vast bubble overthe centre, or as Procopius, who witnessed its erection, in/ANTINK ARCIIITIXTUKl-:. 95 !s two Storeys in height, the lower storey being a decagonitaining a cruciform crypt. It is 45 feet in diameter;h face is… … 51. St. Marks, Venice. Plan. in diameter, and round the edge of this block are stonehandles, originally used to place this immense covering inposition. The ashes of the founder were placed in an urnon the top of the covering. St. Marks at Venice (Nos. 51, 52, 53) was erected A.D. 977-1071. Venice…

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