Word: interior
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hekatompedos became the nave of the church, an aps being constructed at this end of the temple. The great chamber, or Parthenon, became the antechamber of the church, and was connected with the Hekatompedos by doors cut through the solid wall which had hitherto separated them. The interior arrangement of the temple was so changed as to make it conform to that of a Christian church, and vaulted ceilings were introduced...
...cellar is divided into four compartments-the Pronaos, the Hekatompedos, the Parthenon, and the Opisthodomos. The interior arrangements of each of these apartments were described with considerable care. We do not know much of their decorations. There is good reason to believe, however, that in the Hekatompedos draperies were extensively used in the decoration...
...laboratory, to be known as "The class of '77 Biological Laboratory," was opened last September. It is built in the Romanesque style and offers both an attractive exterior and an interior provided with abundant light and space. It is two stories high and contains three laboratories, On the ground floor are the physiological and embryological laboratories, and on the second floor the morphological laboratory. Eight large working tables, for four men each, have been placed in the morphological laboratory in front of the windows; the end wall spaces are fitted up with instrument and reagent cases, and between the windows...
...construction. Sienna, the other principal city of Tuscany, is noted mainly for its cathedral, planned to be the largest in the world. The present edifice is only the transept, the nave having been begun but never completed. The church contains the most beautiful pulpit in Italy, and the interior is splendidly ornamented...
...roof of the new Memorial Library at Yale has been completed, and work is now advancing rapidly on the interior. The decorations will be extremely handsome, especially in the great reading room. The ceiling which rises in the shape of a dome will be beautifully ornamented. A tablet in memory of the founder will be inserted over the immense open fire-place. There will be a memorial window of stained glass. The Memorial Library will be connected with the present library and when the whole system is completed each section will be devoted to a special department of literature...