An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
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... vault , 40 ft . from the ground to its crown , and has the appearance of being supported by thirty pillars , octagonal in plan , whose capitals and bases are formed of elephants , tigers , and horses . The walls contain cavities for ...
... vault , 40 ft . from the ground to its crown , and has the appearance of being supported by thirty pillars , octagonal in plan , whose capitals and bases are formed of elephants , tigers , and horses . The walls contain cavities for ...
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... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
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... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . The Temple of Minerva Medica is in a very ruined state ; little more than half of it is standing . It was , when perfect , of a cylindrical shape , 110 ft . in diameter ; but Fig ...
... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . The Temple of Minerva Medica is in a very ruined state ; little more than half of it is standing . It was , when perfect , of a cylindrical shape , 110 ft . in diameter ; but Fig ...
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... vault with three groins , formed by the intersection of semicylindrical vaults at right angles to the cen- pavement was about 116 ft . , and We shall not however pursue the verbal description of this edifice , which will be much. PLAN OF ...
... vault with three groins , formed by the intersection of semicylindrical vaults at right angles to the cen- pavement was about 116 ft . , and We shall not however pursue the verbal description of this edifice , which will be much. PLAN OF ...
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