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The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics (1872)

Bullock, John · Philadelphia, H.C. Baird & Co. · leaf 225

An illustration from The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics, 1872, leaf 225 — —continues tocharacterize the Byzantine style, both in Greek churches andTurkish mosques, down to the present day. They have beenwell described by Hope as a congeries of globes of varioussizes growing one out of another. This system of vaulting has been adopted by two greatmodern architects,—by Sir… … OF ARCHITECTURE. 213 cross-vault. The latter is, as we have seen, independent ofthe four adjoining vaults, over the arms of the cross. Batthe pendentive dome cannot subsist without them ; for thoughits downward pressure is confined to the angles of the plan,its outward push is exerted against the…

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