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Definition of Porticos
1. portico [n] - See also: portico
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porticos
Literary usage of Porticos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1830)
"50. and surrounded with porticos, shops, and buildings by Tarquinius ... The Forum
was altogether surrounded with arched porticos, with proper places left ..."
2. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1842)
"The forum was altogether surrounded by- arched porticos, with proper places left
for entrance.3 Near the rostra stood a statue of Marsyas, vel -a, ..."
3. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1837)
"The forum was altogether surrounded by arched porticos, with proper places ...
In porticos, the senate and courts of justice were sometimes held.9 Here also ..."
4. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1865)
"THE porticos OF ... a Grecian architect, invented the porticos around the square
attached to the Greek stadii, or race courses of the Gymnasiums, ..."
5. Romae Antiquae Notitia; Or, The Antiquities of Rome: In Two Parts ... To by Basil Kennett (1784)
"CHAP, VI, Of the porticos, Arches, Columns, and Trophies, N accounts of the
eminent buildings of the city, the porticos have ever had an honourable place. ..."
6. Critical & Bibliographical Notes on Early Spanish Music by Juan Facundo Riaño (1887)
"Numerous examples exist in Spain of porticos of romanesque churches of the eleventh
and ... Worthy of special mention are the porticos of Ripoll and Toro. ..."
7. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"The specifications of Josephus in respect to the immense height of these ancient
walls and of the porticos which rose above them, have occasioned great ..."
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