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Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)

Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 47

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24 Ecclesiastical Architecture. (Fig. 20) was equally suggestive to the Roman architect.The Etruscans built this immense viaduct in the sixthcentury B. C. It was a circular vault spanning twenty-six feet. Fig. 21. … ARCH OF TITUS. § Roman Adaptations. The Romans lifted the cir-cular vault above ground, and wrought marvels of beautyin their edifices by means of the Etruscan circular archand circular vault. The days of the Caesars witnessed thenoblest employment of the arch and the arch-vaulting.The grandeur of…

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