An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... Vaults . 291 296 • • • Terra - cotta 3. Masonry Columns . Paving . . 567 . 569 . 572 . 574 578 . 584 302 · Staircases . 587 317 Stone - cutting . 588 330 Gothic Vaulting . 607 339 Marbles . . 613 356 • 4. Carpentry . 615 9. Walls and ...
... Vaults . 291 296 • • • Terra - cotta 3. Masonry Columns . Paving . . 567 . 569 . 572 . 574 578 . 584 302 · Staircases . 587 317 Stone - cutting . 588 330 Gothic Vaulting . 607 339 Marbles . . 613 356 • 4. Carpentry . 615 9. Walls and ...
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... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
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... 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 , and horses . The walls contain cavities for ...
... 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 , and horses . The walls contain cavities for ...
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... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
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... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . Of the former so called Temple of Minerva Medica , now considered to be a Hall or Nymphæum belonging to the great Therma of the 3rd century , Fig . 117 . The of the time of Decius ...
... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . Of the former so called Temple of Minerva Medica , now considered to be a Hall or Nymphæum belonging to the great Therma of the 3rd century , Fig . 117 . The of the time of Decius ...
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