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Definition of Semidomes
1. semidome [n] - See also: semidome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semidomes
Literary usage of Semidomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Civilization by Amos Dean (1869)
"... rising to a height of one hundred and eighty-two feet from the floor of the
church.1 East and west of this are two semidomes of the same diameter; ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"This is just possible, because the semidomes over the recesses in the two side
halls show considerable knowledge of dome construction. ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1866)
"... and Cairo I saw three convents, of which the • churches had been enlarged or
rebuilt, with a central dome, surrounded by smaller domes or semidomes. ..."
4. Pisanello by George Francis Hill (1905)
"It has a large central dome over the cross, and we see also the semidomes of
two (out of three or more) apsidal chapels. A broad band of tracery runs round ..."
5. Christian Archaeology by Charles W Bennett (1888)
"These immense semicircular spaces are covered by semidomes, which partly lean
upon the main arches which support the central dome, and are partly supported ..."
6. A Short History of Art by Francis C. Turner (1891)
"Two semidomes, equal in diameter to the great dome, lead up to it on the east
and the west. To each of these three smaller ..."
7. The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt by Alfred Joshua Butler (1884)
"Each of these semidomes is adorned with very rich fresco paintings, which are
still in fair preservation : northward the scene is the Death of the Virgin ..."
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