Vitruvian

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Of or pertaining to Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect of the first century B.C., the author of an important treatise which preserves much that is valuable in regard to Greek and Roman art, and is our principal authority for facts and practice in the building arts of the classic period. The term “Vitruvian” is used to distinguish principles and practices of the architecture of ancient Rome as revealed to us by this author. (Sturgis, 1900)

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