Nymphaea (Architecture)

LC control no.	sh 92004203
Topical heading	Nymphaea (Architecture) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Nymphaeums (Architecture) Nymphea (Architecture) Nympheums (Architecture)
See also	Garden structures *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Shrines *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Fountains *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Work cat.: Letzner, W. Römische Brunnen und Nymphaea in der westlichen Reichshälfte, 1990. Britannica Micro. (Nymphaeum; ancient Greek and Roman sanctuary consecrated to water nymphs ... in the 16th cent. the nymphaeum became a feature of Italian gardens) Encyc. of world art: v. 7, p. 303 (Nymphaeum often conceived as the architectural façade of a natural grotto consecrated to the nymphs) Fagiolo, M. Roma delle delizie, 1990: added t.p. (Theaters of water, grottoes, nymphaea, fountains) OED (Nymphaeum, -eum. Archaeol. Pl. -aea, ea. A grotto or shrine of the nymphs; a building, or part of one, designed to represent this) Penguin dict. of arch. (Nymphaeum) Web. 3 (Nymphaeum)
Not found in	Acad. Am. encyc.; Encyc. Am.; Encic. ital.; Ox. classic. dict.