 Pi-a, in which building the arches describe more than a semicircle above the capitals of the columns, being prolonged downwards by a deep abacus, consisting in some places of two, in others of a single plain block resting immediately on the capital; a...  Carpentry and Building - Page 2861901Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 500 pages
...arches describe more than a semicircle above the capitals of the columns, being prolonged downwards by a. deep abacus, consisting in some places of two,...not ungraceful in itself, because it gives greater height and importance to the arches, which, being narrow, would else appear stumpy, depressed, and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 536 pages
...arches describe more than a semicircle above the capitals of the columns, being prolonged downwards by a deep abacus, consisting in some places of two,...not ungraceful in itself, because it gives greater height and importance to the arches, which, being narrow, would else appear stumpy, depressed, and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 502 pages
...arches describe more than a semicircle above the capitals of the columns, being prolonged downwards by a deep abacus, consisting in some places of two,...not ungraceful in itself, because it gives greater height and importance to the arches, which, being narrow, would else appear stumpy, depressed, and... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 528 pages
...arches describe more than a semicircle above the capitals of the columns, being prolonged downwards by a deep abacus, consisting in some places of two,...single plain block resting immediately on the capital. Similar blocks or abaci occur in the remains of Frederick Barbarossa's palace at Gelnhausen, where... | |
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