An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... plates which were originally projected as an appendage to them . All these , with others in the French language , might , indeed , be formed into a valuable text - book for the architect ; but no such attempt has hitherto been made ...
... plates which were originally projected as an appendage to them . All these , with others in the French language , might , indeed , be formed into a valuable text - book for the architect ; but no such attempt has hitherto been made ...
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... plates to these antiquities , in his large work . Arménie , & c . , 1842 ; see also Vaux , Nineveh and Persepolis , & c . , 1855 ; and Fergusson , Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored , 8vo . , 1851 . 47. The ruins are situated at ...
... plates to these antiquities , in his large work . Arménie , & c . , 1842 ; see also Vaux , Nineveh and Persepolis , & c . , 1855 ; and Fergusson , Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored , 8vo . , 1851 . 47. The ruins are situated at ...
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... plate , incapable of bearing weight , which is the office of an arch . That , however , at Thebes , to which Mr. W. assigns the date of 1500 B.C. , with every respect for his great information on the subject , and with much deference to ...
... plate , incapable of bearing weight , which is the office of an arch . That , however , at Thebes , to which Mr. W. assigns the date of 1500 B.C. , with every respect for his great information on the subject , and with much deference to ...
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... plates , in the gateway at the Tem- ple of Apollinopolis Magna , such The masses in these are always py- ramidal , and bear great resemblance to the gates of modern fortifications . Sometimes they are extremely simple , and do not rise ...
... plates , in the gateway at the Tem- ple of Apollinopolis Magna , such The masses in these are always py- ramidal , and bear great resemblance to the gates of modern fortifications . Sometimes they are extremely simple , and do not rise ...
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... plate . The columns are five diameters and a half in height . The num- ber of the flutes , which are shallow , is 20 , and the capital consists of a simple abacus . There are no indications of a base or plinth . Above the architrave ...
... plate . The columns are five diameters and a half in height . The num- ber of the flutes , which are shallow , is 20 , and the capital consists of a simple abacus . There are no indications of a base or plinth . Above the architrave ...
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