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Plate 13: Dome of the Baptistery of the Orthodox, Ravenna, c. 450

Interior showing dome on pendentives, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, completed 537.

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major reference
- In architecture: Dome
architectural symbolism
- In architecture: Symbols of function
baptisteries
- In baptistery
building construction
- In construction: Reintroduction of dome construction
religious symbolism
- In religious symbolism and iconography: Symbols of sacred time and space
roof structures
- In roof

cultural and regional styles

ancient Roman
- In Western architecture: Construction
Eastern Christian churches
- In Western architecture: The early Byzantine period (330–726)
- In Eastern Orthodoxy: Architecture and iconography
Islamic
- In Islamic arts: Building materials and technology
- In Islamic arts: Architecture
South Indian
- In South Asian arts: Medieval temple architecture: South Indian style

designs of

Borromini
- In Francesco Borromini: An independent architect
Brunelleschi
- In Filippo Brunelleschi
- In Western architecture: Early Renaissance in Italy (1401–95)
Wren
- In Christopher Wren: Legacy of Christopher Wren

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Buckminster Fuller Institute - Domes.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 05, 2023
	Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Domes.	John Higgins	Sep 15, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998