An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol . iii . p . 263. 321. ) That ...
... arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol . iii . p . 263. 321. ) That ...
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... arches between Soo - chow and Hâng - chow , was passed by Lord Macartney , and found to be nothing more than a long causeway . Its highest arch , however , was supposed to be between 20 ft , and 30 it . high ; the length about half a ...
... arches between Soo - chow and Hâng - chow , was passed by Lord Macartney , and found to be nothing more than a long causeway . Its highest arch , however , was supposed to be between 20 ft , and 30 it . high ; the length about half a ...
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... arch ; and the style they adopted became slender and tall , whilst that of the Moslems , from the nature of the climate and their peculiar habits , was deficient in elevation , though in the end it acquired a lightness and elegance ...
... arch ; and the style they adopted became slender and tall , whilst that of the Moslems , from the nature of the climate and their peculiar habits , was deficient in elevation , though in the end it acquired a lightness and elegance ...
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... ARCHES . Byzantine school supplied . Of the forms of their arches , some whereof are here exhibited ( ɲg . 85. ) , the most favourite seems to have been the horse - shoe form . They may be ranged into two classes , — that just named ...
... ARCHES . Byzantine school supplied . Of the forms of their arches , some whereof are here exhibited ( ɲg . 85. ) , the most favourite seems to have been the horse - shoe form . They may be ranged into two classes , — that just named ...
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... arch is never seen ; in the former , it is often an important feature . Indeed , the columnar style , as used by the Greeks , rendered arches unnecessary ; hence , in all imitation of that style , its introduction produces a discord ...
... arch is never seen ; in the former , it is often an important feature . Indeed , the columnar style , as used by the Greeks , rendered arches unnecessary ; hence , in all imitation of that style , its introduction produces a discord ...
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