An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... similar principle they form their roofs , except that gradually reducing the length of the trees which traverse from side to side , they assume a pyramidal form . They are covered with boughs , and thus , after a rude fashion of ...
... similar principle they form their roofs , except that gradually reducing the length of the trees which traverse from side to side , they assume a pyramidal form . They are covered with boughs , and thus , after a rude fashion of ...
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... similar to an architrave or epistylium , the stones whereof were let into or joggled with one another by means of egg - shaped tenons formed out of the vertical blocks . The ellipsis was connected in a similar manner . Within the inner ...
... similar to an architrave or epistylium , the stones whereof were let into or joggled with one another by means of egg - shaped tenons formed out of the vertical blocks . The ellipsis was connected in a similar manner . Within the inner ...
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... similar kind and size to those forming the cromlech , about 70 yards to the north - west : this , which is thought to have once stood upright , like a pillar , has been broken into pieces and carried away . " Another cromlech stood in ...
... similar kind and size to those forming the cromlech , about 70 yards to the north - west : this , which is thought to have once stood upright , like a pillar , has been broken into pieces and carried away . " Another cromlech stood in ...
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... similar to that whereof it is built . It had entrances from the east and the west , and one at the south - eastern angle . That on the east , lettered A , is pretty fairly preserved , and is approached by an inclined access , B , 15 ft ...
... similar to that whereof it is built . It had entrances from the east and the west , and one at the south - eastern angle . That on the east , lettered A , is pretty fairly preserved , and is approached by an inclined access , B , 15 ft ...
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... similar to those in other parts of the place . To its north , M exhibits uniform features , with windows , and what travellers have agreed to call niches , which are nothing more than square - headed recesses . Sculpture here again ...
... similar to those in other parts of the place . To its north , M exhibits uniform features , with windows , and what travellers have agreed to call niches , which are nothing more than square - headed recesses . Sculpture here again ...
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