An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... placed ; but thereon is no appearance of sculpture . D is the present entrance . The general thickness of the walls is 25 ft . , and they are formed by three parallel ranks of stones 5 ft . thick , thus leaving 515 5 : 5 two ranges of ...
... placed ; but thereon is no appearance of sculpture . D is the present entrance . The general thickness of the walls is 25 ft . , and they are formed by three parallel ranks of stones 5 ft . thick , thus leaving 515 5 : 5 two ranges of ...
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... placed on the top of the shaft of the column , to which it is not joined by the intervention of any moulding . This abacus is , however , sometimes high enough to admit of a head being sculptured thereon , as in the annexed block . It ...
... placed on the top of the shaft of the column , to which it is not joined by the intervention of any moulding . This abacus is , however , sometimes high enough to admit of a head being sculptured thereon , as in the annexed block . It ...
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... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
... placed those which actually form the ceilings , just like the floor boards of a modern economical English building . On them are often found some of the most interesting representations that are in existence : we allude to those of the ...
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... placed on plinths facing one another , and about ten feet apart . Examples of lions also occur . The form of the Egyptian obelisks is too well known to need a description here . They have been alleged to be monuments consecrated to the ...
... placed on plinths facing one another , and about ten feet apart . Examples of lions also occur . The form of the Egyptian obelisks is too well known to need a description here . They have been alleged to be monuments consecrated to the ...
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... placed symmetrically in a very romantic situation . That in the best preservation , and , at the same time , the principal one , is nearly 130 ft . long . A staircase , formed in a pit , leads to a subterranean apartment , 88 ft . in ...
... placed symmetrically in a very romantic situation . That in the best preservation , and , at the same time , the principal one , is nearly 130 ft . long . A staircase , formed in a pit , leads to a subterranean apartment , 88 ft . in ...
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