Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 159
ASSANID^. desire to increase the stability of these supports. The most im-portant achievement is the fine solution of the problem of coveringa hall of square plan with a dome: the place of the Byzantine pen-dentives being taken by a number of squinches, or arches of steppedprojection, somewhat… … Fig. 67.—Section of one of the Domed Halls of Firuz-Abad. There is here but one domed hall before the square court, and thiswithout the ornamentation of the ancient Persian door and windowcornices. On the other hand, the oblong spaces are provided withcolumns, which are placed close to the wall and…
Art, Medieval
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