Neo-Byzantine

Byzantine Revival

a capital in Byzantine architecture
The reuse of Byzantine forms in the second half of the 19th century; an architectural mode found to a limited extent that borrows special features of Byzantine architecture, including pendentive-supported domes, round arches, elaborately decorated columns, and capitals.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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