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 59
olumn, are to befound the moldings, known as the ovolo; above it,the cyma reversa; and above this, the cyma recta.These, and many other forms, became familiar to theearly Christians, who employed them to give the charmof ornament to their churches. § Decorative Arcade. A fragment of an arcade,taken… … DECORATIVE ARCADE. Two important suggestions are connected with this frag-ment (Fig. 32) ; namel3% that the arcade made a mostgraceful mural embellishment, and that within its archesmight be placed statues of saints and apostles. Fig. 33.
Church architecture
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