An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... temple of Minerva at Priene , differed , however , from the Augustan architect , inasmuch as he considered it absolutely requisite for an architect to have as accurate a know- ledge of all the arts and sciences as is rarely acquired ...
... temple of Minerva at Priene , differed , however , from the Augustan architect , inasmuch as he considered it absolutely requisite for an architect to have as accurate a know- ledge of all the arts and sciences as is rarely acquired ...
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... temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction , prototypes for Grecian architecture are to be found in the venerable remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a ...
... temples of Greece , and therefore that , without recurrence to timber construction , prototypes for Grecian architecture are to be found in the venerable remains of Egypt , where it is quite certain wood was not generally employed as a ...
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... temples of which they could give no account , nor well explain their meaning upon it . " The figure of the serpent extended two miles in length ; and but a very faint idea can now be formed of what it was in its original state . Two ...
... temples of which they could give no account , nor well explain their meaning upon it . " The figure of the serpent extended two miles in length ; and but a very faint idea can now be formed of what it was in its original state . Two ...
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... temples and caves of India were made . Higgins observes on this , that the worship of the Mithraitic bull existed in India , Persia , Greece , Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same ...
... temples and caves of India were made . Higgins observes on this , that the worship of the Mithraitic bull existed in India , Persia , Greece , Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same ...
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... temple at Delphi and the Treasury constructed to Urius . So great was the fame for building of the Cyclopeans that , when the Sybil in Virgil shows Eneas the place of torment in the shades below , the poet separates it from the regions ...
... temple at Delphi and the Treasury constructed to Urius . So great was the fame for building of the Cyclopeans that , when the Sybil in Virgil shows Eneas the place of torment in the shades below , the poet separates it from the regions ...
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