IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE AMERICAN LUXFER PRISM COMPANY TO
ISSUE A SERIES OF PICTURES UNIFORM WITH THIS ONE, WHICH
SHALL, WHEN COMPLETED, CONSTITUTE A GROUP OF WHAT IS
GENERALLY CONCEDED TO BE THE GREAT ARCHITECTURAL WORK
OF THE WORLD.
THE PANTHEON, ROME
THE PANTHEON, NOW DEDICATED AS THE CHURCH OF SANTA
MARIA ROTONDA, COMPLETED BY AGRIPPA IN 27 B.C., AND
CONSECRATED TO THE DIVINE ANCESTORS OF THE JULIAN
FAMILY.
IT IS PRECEDED BY AN OCTASTYLE PEDIMENTED CORINTHIAN
PORTICO, WITH TWO RANGES OF FOUR COLUMNS INSIDE.
THE PLAN IS CIRCULAR, WITH LARGE ALTERNATING RECTANGULAR
AND SEMI-CIRCULAR NICHES, WHOSE ENTABLATURE IS UPHELD
BY COLUMNS. THE INTERIOR DIAMETER IS 142½ FEET,
AND THE HEIGHT TO THE APEX OF THE GREAT HEMISPHERICAL
COFFERED DOME IS THE SAME. THE LIGHTING OF THE INTERIOR
IS SOLELY FROM AN OPEN CIRCLE, 28 FEET IN DIAMETER,
AT THE SUMMIT OF THE DOME. THE EFFECT OF THE INTERIOR
IS UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPOSING. THE CONSTRUCTION IS OF
CONCRETE, LIGHTLY FACED WITH BRICK, AND INCRUSTED (NOW
ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE INTERIOR) WITH MARBLE.
THE DOME IS PRACTICALLY SOLID CONCRETE, THE FAMILIAR
SYSTEM OF INSET ARCHES BEING MERELY ONE BRICK DEEP,
AND HAVING SERVED AS A SCAFFOLDING DURING THE ERECTION.
RAPHAEL, ANNIBALE PARACCI AND VICTOR EMANUEL II
ARE BURIED IN THE PANTHEON.
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THE ATTENTION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS IS
CALLED TO THE LUXFER CATALOGUE ON PAGES 516-521 SWEET'S
INDEX. THE NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING SPECIFICATIONS
FOR TRANSOM LIGHTS, CANOPY LIGHTS AND SIDEWALK LIGHTS SET
IN REINFORCED CONCRETE WILL BE FOUND IN SWEET'S.
AMERICAN LUXFER PRISM
COMPANY
HEYWORTH BUILDING, CHICAGO
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