Lectures on the rise and development of mediæval architecture (1879)
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878 · London : J. Murray · leaf 262
elf. It may, consequently, be erected without the aid of centering, and may be dis- continued at any level, leaving a central opening or eye. The Pantheon is the great type of Roman domes (Fig. 400). It is a simple rotunda of 142 feet internal diameter, the wall being some 20 feet thick. The wall… … Fig. 401. Half elevation of Exterior. Half section of Interior. Pantheon, Rome. {From Fergusson.) The dome, as viewed externally, is buried by the wall which rises above its springing to fully a third of its height, and above this rises a sort of attic crowned
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