 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1828 - 590 pages
...whole a pleasing variety. The Byzantine bulbous cupolas distinguish those dedicated to the GrecoRussian communion from the other churches. One of the principal...and of larger proportions, in many instances gilt with profusion, would remind one of the mosques of Constantinople, but that the Greek Cross towers... | |
 | 1828 - 602 pages
...a pleasing variety. The Byzantine bulbous cupolas distinguish those dedicated to the Greco-Russian communion from the other churches. One of the principal...and of larger proportions, in many instances gilt with profusion, would remind one of the mosques of Constantinople, but that the Greek Cross towers... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1829 - 618 pages
...principal entrance. The Byzantine bulbous cupolas distinguish those dedicated to the Greco-Russian communion from the other churches. One of the principal...masterpieces of Gothic architecture and the modern temples. Fire domes. the central one of which is higher thin the others, and of larger proportions, in many... | |
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... being seldom employed for the construction of porticos before the principal entrance. ' The number of spires, domes, and towers, with which the general map of the city is interspersed, give to the whole a pleasing variety. The Byzantine bulbous cupolas... 