An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... beds , and that the sur- face was afterwards formed so as to give the whole the ap- pearance of a pointed dome , by cutting away the lower angles Fig . 14. TREASURY OF ATREUS . ( fig . 14. ) . It is probably the most ancient of ...
... beds , and that the sur- face was afterwards formed so as to give the whole the ap- pearance of a pointed dome , by cutting away the lower angles Fig . 14. TREASURY OF ATREUS . ( fig . 14. ) . It is probably the most ancient of ...
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... bed of lime , which externally covers the stone . 112. The great pyramid of Cholula ( fig . 78. ) , the largest and most sacred temple in Mexico , appears , at a distance , like a natural conical hill , wooded , and crowned with a small ...
... bed of lime , which externally covers the stone . 112. The great pyramid of Cholula ( fig . 78. ) , the largest and most sacred temple in Mexico , appears , at a distance , like a natural conical hill , wooded , and crowned with a small ...
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... bed for the Tiber from Rome to the sea , for the purpose of improving the navigation of that river ; the formation of a port at Ostia for the reception of first - rate ships ; a causeway over the Apennines from the Adriatic to Rome ...
... bed for the Tiber from Rome to the sea , for the purpose of improving the navigation of that river ; the formation of a port at Ostia for the reception of first - rate ships ; a causeway over the Apennines from the Adriatic to Rome ...
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... bed - chambers , of whose arrange- ment very little is known . The triclinium ( TPELS KAIVAL , three beds ) , or dining - room , was so called from its having three couches round the table on which the dinner was served ; the fourth ...
... bed - chambers , of whose arrange- ment very little is known . The triclinium ( TPELS KAIVAL , three beds ) , or dining - room , was so called from its having three couches round the table on which the dinner was served ; the fourth ...
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... beds of stones in nearly all countries . In fig . 162. are given several of these fanciful forms , as we a ♫ AbP c X1 dx8 e◊ 2HX ƒ❖ 9 ↓ ¥ ‡ X π hii > x iXKXf k KMXXFLING ~ AY ABO Fig . 162 , MASONS MARKS ON STONES . maintain them ...
... beds of stones in nearly all countries . In fig . 162. are given several of these fanciful forms , as we a ♫ AbP c X1 dx8 e◊ 2HX ƒ❖ 9 ↓ ¥ ‡ X π hii > x iXKXf k KMXXFLING ~ AY ABO Fig . 162 , MASONS MARKS ON STONES . maintain them ...
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