An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... portico is a water . trough cut out of a single stone 20 ft . long and 17 ft . 5 in . broad , and standing 3 ft . high from the ground . From hence to the northern wall of the platform is covered with fragments ; and the remains of one ...
... portico is a water . trough cut out of a single stone 20 ft . long and 17 ft . 5 in . broad , and standing 3 ft . high from the ground . From hence to the northern wall of the platform is covered with fragments ; and the remains of one ...
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... portico decorated with twisted columns of Tabriz marble , leading through two brazen gates , whose extremities are of silver , and their whole sur ace sculptured and embossed with flowers , and verses from the Koran . Advancing into the ...
... portico decorated with twisted columns of Tabriz marble , leading through two brazen gates , whose extremities are of silver , and their whole sur ace sculptured and embossed with flowers , and verses from the Koran . Advancing into the ...
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... portico , stretching through the whole front ( 36 ft . ) of the temple , and its depth was half its extent . The cell , or main body of the temple , was 54 ft . deep , and the sanctuary beyond 36§ feet , the height of it being equal to ...
... portico , stretching through the whole front ( 36 ft . ) of the temple , and its depth was half its extent . The cell , or main body of the temple , was 54 ft . deep , and the sanctuary beyond 36§ feet , the height of it being equal to ...
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... portico were two pillars of brass , which were cast by Hiram , " a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali , " whose " father was a man of Tyre , " and who " came to king Solomon and wrought all his work . " These two pillars of brass ( 1 ...
... portico were two pillars of brass , which were cast by Hiram , " a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali , " whose " father was a man of Tyre , " and who " came to king Solomon and wrought all his work . " These two pillars of brass ( 1 ...
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... portico of columns . The roof is of the form of a 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 ...
... portico of columns . The roof is of the form of a 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 ...
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