An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... Tiles seem to have been of as high an antiquity as bricks , and to have been used , as in the present day , for covering roofs . 8. The period at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is quite unknown , as ...
... Tiles seem to have been of as high an antiquity as bricks , and to have been used , as in the present day , for covering roofs . 8. The period at which wrought stone was originally used for architectural purposes is quite unknown , as ...
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... fine earthenware , marble , and great quantities of varnished tiles , whose glazing and colouring are surprisingly fresh . " In a hollow , " observes Mr. Rich , 99 F ibn CHAP . II . 15 BABYLONIAN . Caryatides and Persians.
... fine earthenware , marble , and great quantities of varnished tiles , whose glazing and colouring are surprisingly fresh . " In a hollow , " observes Mr. Rich , 99 F ibn CHAP . II . 15 BABYLONIAN . Caryatides and Persians.
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... tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Mahometan college called the Medresse Shah Sultan Hossein . The entrance is through a lofty portico decorated with twisted columns of Tabriz ...
... tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Mahometan college called the Medresse Shah Sultan Hossein . The entrance is through a lofty portico decorated with twisted columns of Tabriz ...
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... tiles . 105. The Chinese towers , which also Europeans call country . The most celebrated , whereof a diagram is pagodas , are very common in the presented here ( fig . 75. ) , is thus described by P. Le Comte . Its form on the plan is ...
... tiles . 105. The Chinese towers , which also Europeans call country . The most celebrated , whereof a diagram is pagodas , are very common in the presented here ( fig . 75. ) , is thus described by P. Le Comte . Its form on the plan is ...
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... tiles are used . The stones are a porous amygdaloid called tetzontli , and a porphyry of vitreous feld - spath , without any quartz ; these give to the Mexican buildings an air of solidity , and sometimes even of magnificence . The ...
... tiles are used . The stones are a porous amygdaloid called tetzontli , and a porphyry of vitreous feld - spath , without any quartz ; these give to the Mexican buildings an air of solidity , and sometimes even of magnificence . The ...
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