Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Art & architecture Particular topics

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PROTESI

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PROTHESIS. - As "diaconicum," it is a term used to indicate, in Byzantine architecture or architecture derived from it, one of the two minor apses that flank the central one, which is always polygonal (v. PASTOPHORION).

Emilio Lavagnino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 168.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Protesi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 168. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/protesi.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Protesi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 168. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/protesi.

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@incollection{ec10_protesi,
  author    = {Lavagnino, Emilio},
  title     = {Protesi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {168},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/protesi}
}

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