Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Art & architecture Particular topics

Tiburium

TIBURIO

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TIBURIUM. - This is the name given to a polygonal roof divided into wedge-shaped sections, covered on the outside by masonry that supports a pyramidal roof.

Very common in the architecture of the Romanesque period, especially in Lombardy, at the crossing of the two naves, it sometimes took on, as in the churches of the Benedictines and the Cistercians, owing to its great height, the character of a true and proper bell tower. Tiburia often appear in architecture of the Gothic taste, and also during the Renaissance, especially in Lombard buildings of a Bramantesque tone (v. also CUPOLA; TAMBURO).

Emilio Lavagnino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 81.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Tiburio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 81. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/tiburio.

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Lavagnino, Emilio. “Tiburio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 81. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tiburio.

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@incollection{ec12_tiburio,
  author    = {Lavagnino, Emilio},
  title     = {Tiburio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {81},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/tiburio}
}

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