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 63
like clay in theirhands, to be moulded into leaf or flower at their will.Stone seemed, in their view, to have lost its weight; forthey raised story above story in their buildings, andgave the appearance of great solidity to the upper parts.A walk among the ruins of their forum, or through thehalls… … ANCIENT ROMAN FRIEZE- Its Inheritance. 41 An ancient Roman frieze (Fig. 38) will illustratemost suggestively the wonderful inheritance whichwas left to ecclesiastical architecture. The cornice,with its crown-molding, modillions, ovolo, dentiles, allrichly ornamented; the frieze, with its…
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