GREEK CROSS • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Greek cross

... bear evidence of having been paneled with Numidian marble. The pavement is of white mosaic. On the right side of this vestibule, near the niche, begins an inclined spiral way, 30 feet high and 11 feet wide, leading up to the central chamber, which is in the form of a Greek cross. ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 - Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) • Various

... of the plan. The shape of the ground, however, is not favorable to the employment of a long or avenue type of plan, it is too short and square; let us rather try a plan of the open area order, such as Fig 32. This is based on the short-armed Greek cross, with an open center area; again there is an "advanced guard" in the shape of an entrance block with a porch; and the three apses at the end give architectural emphasis to the sacrarium. Fig. 35 is another idea, the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 • Various