An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... decorated with guilloche - like and zigzag ornaments , and a columnar base of a Persian cha- racter . Some have supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they ...
... decorated with guilloche - like and zigzag ornaments , and a columnar base of a Persian cha- racter . Some have supposed that these belonged to the decorations of the door- way ; but we are of a different opinion , inasmuch as they ...
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... decorated with sculptured animals resembling life , painted in their natural colours , on the bricks of which they were depicted , and afterwards burnt in . Such was the city of Babylon in its meridian splendour , that city whose ...
... decorated with sculptured animals resembling life , painted in their natural colours , on the bricks of which they were depicted , and afterwards burnt in . Such was the city of Babylon in its meridian splendour , that city whose ...
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... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
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... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and Khor - abad . The cuneiform character ( see fig . 29. ) is nov a known language ; and from an ...
... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and Khor - abad . The cuneiform character ( see fig . 29. ) is nov a known language ; and from an ...
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... decorated with painting and gilding . The walls are partly of white marble , and partly covered with mirrors , and are moreover deco- rated with six large paintings , whose subjects are the battles and royal fètes of Shah Ismael and ...
... decorated with painting and gilding . The walls are partly of white marble , and partly covered with mirrors , and are moreover deco- rated with six large paintings , whose subjects are the battles and royal fètes of Shah Ismael and ...
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