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  • Dodge 1984, pp. 265–267: "Domes have been the subject of controversy for more than a century. The origins of dome construction and the ways in which it was applied have both been heatedly debated In the light of this, two questions arise. Have some scholars made too much of these matters, thereby creating unnecessary problems and a false controversy? And was there really any 'problem' as regards the dome and the square bay? The underlying issue, however, is that of terminology. Respected scholars have plunged into the debate, only to confuse the situation further by the omission of an adequate definition of terms. Where definitions are given, they are either inconsistent through the text, or do not correspond to those in general use. This leads to confusion, misunderstanding and 'problems with domes'. One thing that most scholars agree upon is that the dome is a kind of vault. R. J. Mainstone defines a dome as
    "A spanning space-enclosing structural element circular in plan and commonly hemispherical or nearly so in total form".
    R. Krautheimer defines it as "a hemispherical vault" and the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture gives the following definition
    "A vault of even curvature erected on a circular base. The section can be segmental, semicircular, pointed or bulbous".
    Thus it emerges that the term 'dome' is non-specific, a blanket-word to describe an hemispherical or similar spanning element. When such a vault is placed on a circular wall, as in the Pantheon in Rome, the 'Temple of Mercury' at Bala or the Tor de'Schiavi on the Via Praenestina, there is little disagreement or variation in the term applied to the roofing element; it is a dome. Problems start to occur in recent critical literature when such an element is placed over an octagonal, polygonal or square bay." Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, pp. 268–270: "The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture gives the following definition of a 'domical vault':
    "A vault rising direct on a square or polygonal base, the curved surfaces separated by groins".
    In American and some British publications this feature is called a 'cloister vault' and this has given rise to some of the terminological confusion. However, both Mainstone and Krautheimer, who both use the term 'cloister vault', do point out that it is also called a domical vault. Mainstone's definition is:
    "A vault approximating to the dome but polygonal rather than circular in plan";
    and Krautheimer's definition is:
    "A vault composed of four, eight or twelve curved surfaces, as would result from the interpenetration of two, four or six barrel-vaults of equal height and diameter; also four-sided, eight-sided, etc, dome".
    These two definitions exactly describe the Domus Augstana [sic] and Bostra examples. Rivoira'a [sic] definition of the Domus Aurea dome demonstrates how unnecessarily convoluted some terms get. He refers to it as a 'cloister vault dome'. He also calls the domical vault 'the ungroined cloister dome'. The term domical vault can be applied to such a vault on a square base, that is, made up of four panels, as Krautheimer points out. It is with this particular kind of domical vault that even more acute problems of definition have arisen in the past. Butler, in his description of the South Baths at Bostra, calls the octagonal dome, referred to above, an 'eight-sided dome'. The two square rooms of the complex (R and T on Butler's plan) were also vaulted. That over room R is still intact and Butler refers to it as a 'cloistered vault' or a 'square dome'. The first term, as already demonstrated, is the American term for the domical vault, but by its qualification as a square dome has caused some scholars to make some rather misguided statements. Ward-Perkins refers to the structure as a domical vault. Creswell refers to the 'square dome of the Praetorium at Musmiye (ancient Phaena), at the same time giving the French and German terms, voute en arc de cloître and klosterküppel. It is obvious from these that he means the domical or cloister vault. However, Swift calls this kind of vault "the so-called cloister dome on a square plan". By this definition it becomes obvious what kind of structure he is referring to, and he also gives Musmiye as an example." Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, p. 277: "Dome A vault of usually even curvature erected on a circular base whose elements are set radially rather than corbelled. The profile can vary. The term can be applied in a general way to other domical forms (Such as the domical and sail vault)" Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, pp. 271–276, 279. Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Saka 2007, p. 595. Saka, M. P. (2007). "Optimum geometry design of geodesic domes using harmony search algorithm". Advances in Structural Engineering. 10 (6): 595–606. doi:10.1260/136943307783571445. hdl:11511/63569. S2CID 111176744.
  • Dodge 1984, p. 273. Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, p. 268. Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, p. 274. Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Dodge 1984, p. 263. Dodge, Hazel (1984). Building Materials and Techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic Period to the Fourth Century AD (Thesis) (PhD Thesis ed.). Newcastle University. hdl:10443/868.
  • Cowan 1977, p. 7. Cowan, Henry J. (1977). "A History of Masonry and Concrete Domes in Building Construction". Building and Environment. 12 (1). Great Britain: Pergamon Press: 1–24. Bibcode:1977BuEnv..12....1C. doi:10.1016/0360-1323(77)90002-6. hdl:2027/mdp.39015041999635.

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  • Downey 1946, pp. 23, 25, 26: "Architectural historians who deal with the history of the dome have been baffled and sometimes led astray by the peculiar vague-ness of some of the literary passages which in some cases form the only evidence for the existence of certain domes or of certain types of domes. When the ancient authors mention a dome, they often call it a sphaira or a sphairion. While inexact, in the geometrical sense, this is a perfectly comprehensible and justifiable method of describing an architectural element whose most prominent characteristic is its sphericity; and that the ancient writers were aware of the inexactitude, but also aware of the usefulness of the graphic image, is suggested by Procopius' reference to the main dome of the Church of the Apostles at Constantinople as τὸ σφαιροειδές, which might be translated "the sphere-like structure."" [...] "Choricius, to the writer's present knowledge, is the only writer of this period who is careful enough to note that a dome or a semi-dome is a hollow spherical form." [...] "Naturally, if one wished to describe a dome vividly, the most arresting feature of its appearance was its sphericity, and everybody knew that if you called a dome a sphaira, you called it this because it resembled a sphaira; and it was understood that a dome was not a sphaira in the geometrical sense. This is of course what one would expect, and the phenomenon is by no means confined to post-classical Greek literature." Downey, Glanville (1946). "On Some Post-Classical Greek Architectural Terms". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 77: 22–34. doi:10.2307/283440. JSTOR 283440.
  • Nobile & Bares 2015, p. 4. Nobile, Marco Rosario; Bares, Maria Mercedes (2015). "The use of 'false vaults' in 18th century buildings of Sicily". Construction History. 30 (1): 53–70. JSTOR 44215897.
  • Ibrāhīm 1975, p. 5. Ibrāhīm, Laila ʿAlī (1975). "The Transitional Zones of Domes in Cairene Architecture". Kunst des Orients. 10 (1): 5–23. JSTOR 20752454.
  • MacDonald 1958, pp. 2–3, 7. MacDonald, William (1958). "Some Implications of Later Roman Construction" (PDF). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 17 (4): 2–8. doi:10.2307/987944. JSTOR 987944.[permanent dead link]
  • Kuban 1987, p. 73. Kuban, Doğan (1987). "The Style of Sinan's Domed Structures". Muqarnas. 4: 72–97. doi:10.2307/1523097. JSTOR 1523097.
  • Robison 1991, p. 395. Robison, Elwin C. (December 1991). "Optics and Mathematics in the Domed Churches of Guarino Guarini". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 50 (4): 384–401. doi:10.2307/990663. JSTOR 990663.
  • Gye 1988, p. 142. Gye, D. H. (1988). "Arches and Domes in Iranian Islamic Buildings: An Engineer's Perspective". Iran. 26: 129–144. doi:10.2307/4299807. JSTOR 4299807.
  • Gye 1988, pp. 141–142. Gye, D. H. (1988). "Arches and Domes in Iranian Islamic Buildings: An Engineer's Perspective". Iran. 26: 129–144. doi:10.2307/4299807. JSTOR 4299807.
  • Grabar 1963, pp. 195, 197. Grabar, Oleg (December 1963). "The Islamic Dome, Some Considerations". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 22 (4): 191–198. doi:10.2307/988190. JSTOR 988190.
  • Barbieri 1998, p. 270. Barbieri, Patrizio (1998). "The acoustics of Italian opera houses and auditoriums (c. 1450–1900)". Recercare. 10. Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica (FIMA): 263–328. JSTOR 41692748.
  • Born 1944, pp. 220–221. Born, Wolfgang (April 1944). "The Introduction of the Bulbous Dome into Gothic Architecture and its Subsequent Development". Speculum. 19 (2): 208–221. doi:10.2307/2849071. JSTOR 2849071. S2CID 162699497.
  • Gye 1988, pp. 142–143. Gye, D. H. (1988). "Arches and Domes in Iranian Islamic Buildings: An Engineer's Perspective". Iran. 26: 129–144. doi:10.2307/4299807. JSTOR 4299807.
  • Taylor 1996, p. 76. Taylor, Rabun (1996). "A Literary and Structural Analysis of the First Dome on Justinian's Hagia Sophia, Constantinople". Muqarnas. 55 (1). University of California Press on behalf of the Society of Architectural Historians: 66–78. JSTOR 991056.
  • Creswell 1915a, p. 155. Creswell, K. A. C. (January 1915). "Persian Domes before 1400 A.D.". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 26 (142): 146–155. JSTOR 859853.
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  • Grabar 1963, p. 192. Grabar, Oleg (December 1963). "The Islamic Dome, Some Considerations". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 22 (4): 191–198. doi:10.2307/988190. JSTOR 988190.
  • Nickel 2015, p. 55. Nickel, Lukas (2015). "Bricks in Ancient China and the Question of Early Cross-Asian Interaction". Arts Asiatiques. 70. École française d'Extrême-Orient: 49–62. doi:10.3406/arasi.2015.1883. JSTOR 26358183.
  • Steinhardt 2018, p. 86. Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman (2018). "China's Other Early Mosques". China's Early Mosques. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 75–91. ISBN 978-1-4744-7285-2. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctvxcrp18.11.
  • Steinhardt 2018, pp. 85–86. Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman (2018). "China's Other Early Mosques". China's Early Mosques. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 75–91. ISBN 978-1-4744-7285-2. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctvxcrp18.11.
  • Creswell 1915a, p. 148. Creswell, K. A. C. (January 1915). "Persian Domes before 1400 A.D.". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 26 (142): 146–155. JSTOR 859853.
  • Grabar 1963, pp. 192–194. Grabar, Oleg (December 1963). "The Islamic Dome, Some Considerations". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 22 (4): 191–198. doi:10.2307/988190. JSTOR 988190.
  • Born 1944, p. 208. Born, Wolfgang (April 1944). "The Introduction of the Bulbous Dome into Gothic Architecture and its Subsequent Development". Speculum. 19 (2): 208–221. doi:10.2307/2849071. JSTOR 2849071. S2CID 162699497.
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  • Kuban 1987, p. 75. Kuban, Doğan (1987). "The Style of Sinan's Domed Structures". Muqarnas. 4: 72–97. doi:10.2307/1523097. JSTOR 1523097.
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  • Born 1944, pp. 218–220. Born, Wolfgang (April 1944). "The Introduction of the Bulbous Dome into Gothic Architecture and its Subsequent Development". Speculum. 19 (2): 208–221. doi:10.2307/2849071. JSTOR 2849071. S2CID 162699497.
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  • Chilton 2000, p. 131: "In the mind of an engineer a dome is structure with a very distinct behavior. It is a synclastically-curved, three dimensional surface, primarily stressed in compression under its own weight and applied loading, and made of a material resistant to such forces (usually masonry or some form of concrete). Circumferential tension forces that may occur at the base of a dome are usually resisted by a tension ring. However, a dictionary definition of the word dome may be less precise. For instance, in a typical concise dictionary a dome is defined as: -
    'dome, n., & v.t.l. Stately building, mansion, (poet.); rounded vault as roof, with circular, elliptical or polygonal base, large cupola; natural vault, canopy, (of sky, trees, etc.); rounded summit of hill etc.; hence domed, domic(al), dome-like, domy. 2. v.t. Cover with, shape as, dome. [F. f. It. duomo cathedral, dome, (& direct) f. L domus house]'
    In the past the stately building often had a masonry dome whereas, due to the rapid expansion in structural systems that have become available in the 20th century, this is now less likely to be the case. This has led to many modern large-span structures being described as domes when their primary load-bearing system does not exactly accord with the engineering definition. Some actually work almost entirely in tension, although they still may be more or less dome-shaped (for example the Millennium Dome in Greenwich). This paper, therefore, addresses the conflict that now exists between the precise engineering and more general dictionary definitions of the term dome by reviewing the development of various types of lightweight and tensile domes during the 20th century." Chilton, John (2000). When is a dome not a dome? - 20th-century lightweight and tensile domes. Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. pp. 131–146.
  • Chilton 2000, p. 143: "Although the name 'dome' was appropriately applied (in the strict engineering sense) to historical long-span structures of synclastic form, working in compression and using heavy materials with little tensile strength, this is not correct for many of the new lightweight structural systems. However, the name 'dome' in common usage has come to refer to almost any long-span roofing system. The answer, therefore, to the question posed in the title of this paper is "It depends!". A synclastic surface acting predominantly in compression is clearly a dome by name, by form and by engineering definition, whilst a structure acting mainly in tension (such as the Georgia Dome) is a dome in name alone. Between these extremes there are many shades of distinction." Chilton, John (2000). When is a dome not a dome? - 20th-century lightweight and tensile domes. Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. pp. 131–146.

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  • Mainstone 2000, p. 1: "Architecturally, the dome may be seen not only as a structure but also as shelter, spatial enclosure, silhouette, or symbolic form with divers connotations stemming from past uses. To review all these aspects of its history would be impossible in a brief survey." Mainstone, Rowland J. (2000). Domes: A Structural Overview. Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. pp. 1–14. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  • Mainstone 2000, p. 1: "Structurally, I take the term dome to denote, as it normally does, a doubly curved form supported from below and acting primarily in arching compression as it spans the space it encloses." Mainstone, Rowland J. (2000). Domes: A Structural Overview. Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. pp. 1–14. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

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  • Curl & Wilson 2015, pp. 236–237: "Cupola, essentially a species of vault, constructed on a circular, elliptical, or polygonal plan, bulbous, segmental, semicircular, or pointed in vertical section. It can be built on top of a structure the plan of which is identical to that of the dome: if that structure's wall is circular or elliptical it is a drum (often pierced with windows) as in a rotunda. However, domes usually provide cover for a square- or rectangular-planned building or compartment, so adjustments are made to facilitate the transition from the square to the circular, elliptical, or polygonal base of the cupola or dome. This is achieved by means of pendentives (fragments of a sail-vault, resembling a species of concave, distorted, almost triangular spandrels, rising up from the corner at the top of the right-angled compartment to the circular or elliptical base of the drum or cupola) or squinches (small arch or series of parallel arches of increasing radius spanning the angle of the square compartment). Both the drum and cupola will have a diameter the same dimension as the side of the square on which the whole structure stands. Types of dome include: calotte: low cupola or saucer dome of segmental vertical section, like a skull-cap; cloister-vault: as domical vault; domical vault: cloister-vault, not a true dome, but formed of four or more (depending on the shape of the base) cells or webs forming groins where they touch vertically and rising to a point; melon: as parachute; Pantheon: low dome on the exterior, often stepped, resembling that of the Pantheon in Rome, and coffered on the interior, widely copied by Neo-Classical architects; parachute: melon, pumpkin, or umbrella dome standing on a scalloped circular base and formed of individual webs, segmental on plan, joined on groins or ribs. Each web has a concave interior and convex exterior so it resembles a parachute, rather than an umbrella; pumpkin: as parachute; sail dome: dome resembling a billowing sail over a square compartment with its diameter the same dimension as the diagonal instead of the side of the square below, enabling the structure to rise as though on pendentives but continuing without interruption. Pendentives are really part of a sail-dome and themselves are a species of sail-vault; umbrella: as parachute." Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). "Dome". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 236–237. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-967498-5. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  • Curl & Wilson 2015, p. 236. Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). "Dome". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 236–237. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-967498-5. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

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  • Earls 1971, p. 128. Earls, Michael W. (1971). "The Development of Structural Form in Franconian Rococo". In Malo, Paul (ed.). Essays to D. Kenneth Sargent. Syracuse, N.Y.: The School of Architecture, Syracuse University. pp. 127–139.
  • Earls 1971, pp. 135–36. Earls, Michael W. (1971). "The Development of Structural Form in Franconian Rococo". In Malo, Paul (ed.). Essays to D. Kenneth Sargent. Syracuse, N.Y.: The School of Architecture, Syracuse University. pp. 127–139.

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  • Osborne 2004, p. 11: "While dome has become the most used English geometric and architectural term for "a large hemispherical, approximately hemispherical or spheroidal vault" (Delbridge, 1981), cupola is the older term." Osborne, R. Armstrong L. (2004). "The troubles with cupolas" (PDF). Acta Carsologica. 33 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

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  • Smith 1950, p. 6: "The domical shape must be distinguished from domical vaulting because the dome, both as idea and as method of roofing, originated in pliable materials upon a primitive shelter and was later preserved, venerated, and translated into more permanent materials, largely for symbolic and traditional reasons. 1. At the primitive level the most prevalent and usually the earliest type of constructed shelter, whether a tent, pit house, earth lodge, or thatched cabin, was more or less circular in plan and covered by necessity with a curved roof. Therefore, in many parts of the ancient world the domical shape became habitually associated in men's memories with a central type of structure which was venerated as a tribal and ancestral shelter, a cosmic symbol, a house of appearances and a ritualistic abode. 2. Hence many widely separate cultures, whose architecture evolved from primitive methods of construction, had some tradition of an ancient and revered shelter which was distinguished by a curved roof, usually more or less domical in appearance, but sometimes hoop-shaped or conical." Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 5: "To the naive eye of men uninterested in construction, the dome, it must be realized, was first of all a shape and then an idea. As a shape (which antedated the beginnings of masonry construction), It was the memorable feature of an ancient, ancestral house. It is still a shape visualized and described by such terms as hemisphere, beehive, onion, melon, and bulbous. In ancient times it was thought of as a tholos, pine cone, omphalos, helmet, tegurium, kubba, kalube, maphalia, vihdra, parasol, amalaka tree, cosmic egg, and heavenly bowl. While the modern terms are purely descriptive, the ancient imagery both preserved some memory of the origin of the domical shape and conveyed something of the ancestral beliefs and supernatural meanings associated with its form." Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, pp. 8–9: "The most primitive and natural shape, derived directly from a round hut made of pliable materials tied together at the top and covered with leaves, skins or thatch, was the pointed and slightly bulbous dome which is so common today among the backward tribes of Nubia and Africa (Fig. 93). This type of dome, resembling a truncated pine cone or beehive, is preserved in the tholos tombs of the Mediterranean (Fig. 63), the rock-cut tombs of Etruria and Sicily (Figs. 64, 65), in the Syrian qubab huts (Fig. 88), on the tomb of Bizzos (Fig. 61) and on many of the early Islamic mosques (Figs. 38–43). To distinguish this shape of dome from the geometric cone we will call it conoid, because of its recognized likeness to the actual pine cone. Other types of domical shapes, flatter and unpointed, were derived from the tent and preserved as tabernacles, ciboria and baldachins (Figs. 144–151). These tent forms, however, could be puffed-up and bulbous owing to the light framework of the roof, as is shown by the celestial baldachin above the great altar of Zeus at Pergamum (Fig. 106) and the Parthian dome among the reliefs of the arch of Septimius Severus at Rome (Fig. 228). There were also in Syria and other parts of the Roman Empire sacred rustic shelters whose ritualistic and domical coverings sometimes had an outward curving flange at the bottom of the dome as the thatch was bent out to form an overhang (Figs. 111–117). In other examples the curve of their light domical roof was broken by the horizontal bindings which held the thatch in place (Fig. 10). The hemispherical shape, which is today so commonly associated with the dome, undoubtedly acquired its geometric curve largely from the theoretical interests of the Greek mathematicians and the practical considerations of Roman mechanics. This Roman standardization of the domical shape, which made it easier to construct accurately in brick, stone and concrete, became the customary form of the antique domical vault." Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 5. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Mediati, Colistra & Arena 2020, p. 3. Mediati, Domenico; Colistra, Daniele; Arena, Marinella (2020). "Domes in the central Mediterranean. Geometric syncretism and cultural hybridizations". Disegnarecon. 13 (25): 1–20. doi:10.20365/disegnarecon.25.2020.10. ISSN 1828-5961.
  • Smith 1950, pp. 51–53. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 53. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, pp. 53–56, 79. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Salvadori 1987, p. 233. Salvadori, M.G. (1987). "The Anasazi cribbed domes". Building and Environment. 22 (3). Elsevier Ltd: 233–235. Bibcode:1987BuEnv..22..233S. doi:10.1016/0360-1323(87)90011-4. ISSN 0360-1323.
  • Smith 1950, pp. 8, 9. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 6. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, pp. 81–82. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 9. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 56. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.
  • Smith 1950, p. 43. Smith, Earl Baldwin (1950). The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISSN 0079-5208.