Sentence examples for byzantine pattern from inspiring English sources

The new cathedral followed its Kievan namesake in plan, but the divergences from the Byzantine pattern are quite apparent; it has double aisles but only three apses.

Everything connected with the design and decoration of the new churches followed the Byzantine pattern; and the standard scheme of the Greek church the cross inscribed in a rectangle and the dome supported on piers or on pendentives became the accepted type for Orthodox churches.

To continue growing and exploring, the slime mold transforms its Byzantine pattern of thin tendrils into a simpler, more-efficient network of tubes: Those carrying a high volume of nutrients gradually expand, while those that are little used slowly contract and eventually disappear.

Adele's pale skin, dark hair, limpid eyes and long, delicately clasped hands are isolated by the blazing Byzantine patterns that define her gown and armchair.

The Barbie, with a winged hairdo and a dress that gets the dazzling Byzantine mosaic pattern from the painting almost right -- minus Klimt's gold-leaf -- goes for $34.95.

Demand Media, however, has a more byzantine traffic pattern on its many sites, so I can understand the focus (and need) to focus on search traffic.

Jewish life was precarious under Byzantine rule.

The chorus sings numbers and solfeggio syllables to help the singers keep their place through byzantine musical patterns.

Each of those marriages brought Christian followers and advisers into the Ottoman court, and it was under their influence that Bayezid I abandoned the simple nomadic courts and practices of his predecessors and isolated himself behind elaborate court hierarchies and ceremonies borrowed primarily from the Byzantines, setting a pattern that was continued by his successors.

Robert's pilgrimage and service with the Byzantine emperor established a pattern followed later in the First Crusade (1096 99).

Her fall collection has paisleys, tapestry patterns and Byzantine designs, classic solids, plaids and stripes.