See also:

• HEMICYCLE (Gr. iift-, half, and avahos, circle)

HEMICYCLE (Gr. iift-, See also:

• HALF

half, and avahos, circle)  , a semi-circular See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess of considerable See also:

• SIZE

size which formed one of the most conspicuous features in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Thermae, where it was always covered with a hemispherical vault . A small example exists in See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii, in the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street of tombs, with a seat See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round inside, where those who came to pay their respects to the departed could See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . An immense See also:

• HEMICYCLE (Gr. iift-, half, and avahos, circle)

hemicycle was designed by See also:

• BRAMANTE, or BRAMANTE

Bramante for the Vatican, where it constitutes a See also:

• FINE

fine architectural effect at the end of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court .