. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... habet* s. An alphabetderived Iroiii tlie Kunian, and used in the ina-nuscrijits of Italy. liOmbardic architecture, s. The e*yle of architecture that jrevailed in Lom-bardy ami jiart of Ujiper Italy, and which fora long time was recognized as a distinct Lom-bard style, presenting essential points ofdifference froin the other Later Romanesque styles. In the Lombard churches the
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... habet* s. An alphabetderived Iroiii tlie Kunian, and used in the ina-nuscrijits of Italy. liOmbardic architecture, s. The e*yle of architecture that jrevailed in Lom-bardy ami jiart of Ujiper Italy, and which fora long time was recognized as a distinct Lom-bard style, presenting essential points ofdifference froin the other Later Romanesque styles. In the Lombard churches the type ofEarly Christian architecture was abandoned,and the vaulted basilica was introduced in itsstead, although this system was subjected toseveral necessary modilications. JIany pecu-liaritiesassert themselves in which the vaultedbasilicas of Lombardy differ from those ofotlier countries. This occurs particularly inthe fagades, which have not, as is usually thecase, a higher central portion and low sidedivisions, but wliich present one mass, termi-nating iu a gable above, under the slopes ofwhich, as well as in the choir and dome, areintmduced ar- f cade galleries. The se-paration in- ^^^tn^^ to central and side. Li-ll. UUlL- Church tf San Zeitone^ Verona.) divisions, as marking out the nave and aisles,is only etfected iu a way that harmonizes butindifferently with the whole by means of jiilas-ters and haif-columiis. Besides the small ar-cade galleries below the gable, the whole of tliefacade is frequently decorated with one or moreof these rows of arcades one above another,either continuous or grouped, with pilaster-strips between the groups. The west front issometimes embellished with a large and ele-gant rose window, which in fact fonns one ofthe chief beauties of the facades of many ofthe churches in Italy, which are built iu theLater Romanesque style. Lombardic School of Painting, s. The distiuguishiug characteristics of thisschool are—grace, an agre
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