Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 131
e was continued in a circle, thus gaining an additional beauty while veiling the deflection. The architectural display in the imperial fora in Rome is too magnificent and complicated to suggest by descriptions. The best view of this wonderful subject will be gained by a study of Lanciani's restored… … rotunda about 140 feet Fici. 20. in diameter and as high. It is surrounded by a wall mass 20 feet in thickness in which a series of square and apsidal recesses are, as it were, ex- cavated, thus considerably increasing the total diameter. Light is only admitted by an opening 30 feet across at the…
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