Quotation from: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

Written by: Leonardo da Vinci


The remainder of these studies show two different systems; in the
first the dome rises from a square plan,--in the second from an
octagonal base._


_Group III.


Domes rising from a square base and four pillars. [Footnote 1: The
ancient chapel San Satiro, via del Falcone, Milan, is a specimen of
this type.]_


a) First type. _A Dome resting on four pillars in the centre of a
square edifice, with an apse in the middle, of each of the four
sides. We have eleven variations of this type.

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