The Fronton, which is over the portico, has no ornament in the centre; neither has the frieze nor architrave: but some holes mark where the bronze letters of an inscription were once inserted.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
He went away to the city of Ancyra, while the clergyman Fronton set himself about building.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
The Fronton Jai Alai-in Havana the game, pelota, had taken the title of its court-was a long way from Obispo Street, but I knew when we had reached it by the solid volume of shouting that escaped from the high concrete building into the dim neighborhood.
"San Cristóbal de la Habana"
Joseph Hergesheimer