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Roman type   /rˈoʊmən taɪp/   Listen
Roman type

noun
1.
A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions.  Synonyms: roman, roman letters, roman print.






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"Roman type" Quotes from Famous Books



... opponent, [2] has called this mixture "Social Monarchism." Therefore, it seems, the German Emperor is neither a constitutional sovereign nor a monarch by divine right. He has restored Caesarism of the Roman type, clinging at the same time to the principle of divine right—and the result is ...
— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam

... by simple construction and detail of a late Roman type. Of this we have one example—the basilica of S. John of the Studion, founded about 463. The existing building appears ...
— Byzantine Churches in Constantinople - Their History and Architecture • Alexander Van Millingen

... as young and singularly beautiful. It is indeed an ideal Roman head, with the powerful square modelling, the crisp short hair, low forehead, and regular firm features proper to the noblest Roman type. The head is thrown backward from the throat; and there is a something of menace or defiance or suffering in the suggestion of brusque movement given to the sinews of the neck. This attitude, together with ...
— New Italian sketches • John Addington Symonds



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