An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... whereof examples are found in Attica . It may be here mentioned that , in the Etrurian part of Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second æra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia ...
... whereof examples are found in Attica . It may be here mentioned that , in the Etrurian part of Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second æra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia ...
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... 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 . wide , along ...
... 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 . wide , along ...
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... whereof the most perfect one is at the south - east angle , its breadth being 33 ft . and its height 43 ft . The size of the block whereon the lions are sculp- tured is 11 ft . broad at the base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick ...
... whereof the most perfect one is at the south - east angle , its breadth being 33 ft . and its height 43 ft . The size of the block whereon the lions are sculp- tured is 11 ft . broad at the base , 9 ft . high , and about 2 ft . thick ...
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... whereof Pausanias speaks , bore a re- semblance to the building we have just described ; and it is very probable that all the subterranean chambers of Greece , Italy , and Sicily were very similarly constructed . Fig . 17. represents ...
... whereof Pausanias speaks , bore a re- semblance to the building we have just described ; and it is very probable that all the subterranean chambers of Greece , Italy , and Sicily were very similarly constructed . Fig . 17. represents ...
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... whereof , when excavated , square bricks were formed and baked in a furnace . With these , cemented together through the medium of heated bitumen intermixed with reeds to bind together the viscid mass , the sides of the trenches were ...
... whereof , when excavated , square bricks were formed and baked in a furnace . With these , cemented together through the medium of heated bitumen intermixed with reeds to bind together the viscid mass , the sides of the trenches were ...
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