An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
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... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the drapery . The cuneiform character ( see the ...
... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume - processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad , with a slight variation of folds in the drapery . The cuneiform character ( see the ...
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... decorated with painting and gilding . The walls are partly of white marble , and partly covered with mirrors , and are moreover deco- rated with six large paintings , whose subjects are the battles and royal fêtes of Shah Ismael and ...
... decorated with painting and gilding . The walls are partly of white marble , and partly covered with mirrors , and are moreover deco- rated with six large paintings , whose subjects are the battles and royal fêtes of Shah Ismael and ...
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... decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the representation ( fig . 34. ) here given , the reader must be struck with their resemblance to the columns of Egypt with their lotus leaves , and ...
... decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the representation ( fig . 34. ) here given , the reader must be struck with their resemblance to the columns of Egypt with their lotus leaves , and ...
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... decorated with the zennar , the sacred string or cord peculiar to the order of Brahmins , an authentic evidence of the distinction of casts having been established in India at the time when these works were finished . AINE RA बात Fig ...
... decorated with the zennar , the sacred string or cord peculiar to the order of Brahmins , an authentic evidence of the distinction of casts having been established in India at the time when these works were finished . AINE RA बात Fig ...
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