An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... circular form we find them set up by Joshua's order on the passage of the Israelites through Jordan to Gilgal ( a ) ; a word in which the radical Gal or Gil ( signifying a wheel ) is doubled to denote the continued repetition of the ...
... circular form we find them set up by Joshua's order on the passage of the Israelites through Jordan to Gilgal ( a ) ; a word in which the radical Gal or Gil ( signifying a wheel ) is doubled to denote the continued repetition of the ...
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... circular and plain is in their having hierogly- phics , or not . Of the second sort there are many varieties , of which we here present three specimens ( fig . 57. ) . They have the appear- ance of being bound together by hoops , like ...
... circular and plain is in their having hierogly- phics , or not . Of the second sort there are many varieties , of which we here present three specimens ( fig . 57. ) . They have the appear- ance of being bound together by hoops , like ...
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... circular , square and polygonal on the plan , built of different materials in different places . 3. Ta , which are sepulchral towers . These are commonly massive , of strange but simple forms . 107. The Pay - leon , or triumphal arches ...
... circular , square and polygonal on the plan , built of different materials in different places . 3. Ta , which are sepulchral towers . These are commonly massive , of strange but simple forms . 107. The Pay - leon , or triumphal arches ...
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... some idea of the style , which was to the last degree debased , and would not justify by any utility the extending this ac . Fig . 113 . CIRCULAR TEMPLE OF BAALBEC . G count , we have in fig . 113. given the. CHAP , II . 81 ROMAN .
... some idea of the style , which was to the last degree debased , and would not justify by any utility the extending this ac . Fig . 113 . CIRCULAR TEMPLE OF BAALBEC . G count , we have in fig . 113. given the. CHAP , II . 81 ROMAN .
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... circular temples ; 2. Of their public buildings in fora , triumphal arches , bridges , aqueducts , theatres , amphitheatres , and baths and circi ; s . Of their private houses and tombs ; confining ourselves to those ruins in 84 BOOK I ...
... circular temples ; 2. Of their public buildings in fora , triumphal arches , bridges , aqueducts , theatres , amphitheatres , and baths and circi ; s . Of their private houses and tombs ; confining ourselves to those ruins in 84 BOOK I ...
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