domical
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In some bas-reliefs, buildings with roofs of a domical shape are represented.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith
All the vaults are domical, and those of the nave spring from corbels carved in the style of Venetian fifteenth-century work.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
In some of the central and southern districts, domes, or at least domical vaults, were employed.
From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith
The nave is thus covered completely by a domical canopy, which, in its ascent, swells larger and larger, mounts higher and higher, as though a miniature heaven rose overhead.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
The figures bend forward awkwardly beneath the curve of the vault, which becomes domical, with angels and cherubs upon it.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
