The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 251
—as in the side recesses of Sta. Sophia (PlateXXVI)—and great liberties were taken with theirshapes. Thus at times the arches would be less than 228 THE BYZANTINE STYLE. half a circle; then, again, they would be stiltedi. e., elongated beyond the semicircle, as in caseswhere spaces of different… … Fig. S3.—Capital in Sta. Sophia. relief (Fig. 83): and though they lacked the eleganceand refinement of Grecian work, thev were singularlyappropriate to the arched and domical construction inwhich they were used ; for by their very stabilitythese sturdy supports created an impression of light-ness…
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