Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontons
Literary usage of Frontons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Taylor Coombe, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Edward Hawkins, Charles Robert Cockerell, Samuel Birch (1818)
"CORRECTION. Page 7,line 19, for "fronton," read " frontons.1" London: printed by W.
Buhner and W. Nicol, Cleveland-Row, St. James's. ..."
2. Mexico of the Mexicans by Lewis Spence (1918)
"The great Spanish game of frontons, or " Spanish ball," is immensely popular in
Mexico, ... frontons is really of Basque origin, and is a variety of pelota. ..."
3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1866)
"The pediments are alternately curved and pointed, and the frontons are decorated
with the ... On the entering angle, between the eighth and ninth frontons, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The frontons, which were ranged along the cornice at the termination of the ...
The fir»t woodcut »hows three example of such frontons, which belong to the ..."
5. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"See F. Croissant, "Les frontons du temple du IVe siècle à Delphes," RA 1980, pp.
172-179, and idem, "Les frontons du temple du IVe siècle à Delphes: ..."
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