tympanum
tympana
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pluralof tympanum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His figures fill The tympana o'er Santa Croce's gate; In the museum too, his Cain, that stands A left-handed discobolos....
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
The tympana above this is pierced with eighteen windows filled with geometric tracery.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
The French military bands too are equally discordant; so fond are they of drums, that they seem to have converted the tympana of their ears into parchment.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 by Various
They have less ornament, the medallions and the carved tympana of the nave being alike absent, although there are the same small heads at the angles of the pier arches.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
Later examples of plaster work of Byzantine tradition are to be found at Cividale, and at Sant' Ambrogio, Milan, where the tympana of the well-known baldachin are of this material, and contain modelled figures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
