Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 236
as far back as 300 a.d. in the Palace of Diocletian atSpalato (Fig. 216), in another part of which one also 208 BYZANTINE ORNAMENT observes arches carried directly on columns, as inByzantine buildings. In the Spalato entablature, bychanges of profile and proportion the architrave hasbeen… … FlG. 218. CORINTHIAXESQUE CaP, S. ApOLLIXARE XuOVO, Ravexxa. ment of cornices and moldings, while capitals, shafts,archivolts and all other features depart in an equallystriking degree from Roman models (Plate XII, 1, 2). Impost Blocks. The Byzantines invented a new feature, the impost-hloclc, to…
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