An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1881 - 1395 Seiten |
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... tile on the basket , for the longer preservation of its contents . The basket was accidentally placed on the root of an acanthus plant , which , pressed by the weight , shot forth , towards spring , its stems and large foliage , and in ...
... tile on the basket , for the longer preservation of its contents . The basket was accidentally placed on the root of an acanthus plant , which , pressed by the weight , shot forth , towards spring , its stems and large foliage , and in ...
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... tiles , and the people were allowed to take stone and other materials wherever they could find them , giving security to finish their houses within the year . But the haste with which they went to work caused many encroach- ments on ...
... tiles , and the people were allowed to take stone and other materials wherever they could find them , giving security to finish their houses within the year . But the haste with which they went to work caused many encroach- ments on ...
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... tiles . Another drain runs on the outer side of the third corridor , and is of the same size as the last named . Other drains communicate with these towards the arena in various directions . 232. Paoli thinks that amphitheatres were ...
... tiles . Another drain runs on the outer side of the third corridor , and is of the same size as the last named . Other drains communicate with these towards the arena in various directions . 232. Paoli thinks that amphitheatres were ...
Seite 99
... tiles as a covering for them appears to have been unknown . Till then thatch or shingles formed the covering of the houses . They consisted of a single story ; for , according to Pliny ( lib . xxxiv . c . 15. ) and Vitruvius ( lib . ii ...
... tiles as a covering for them appears to have been unknown . Till then thatch or shingles formed the covering of the houses . They consisted of a single story ; for , according to Pliny ( lib . xxxiv . c . 15. ) and Vitruvius ( lib . ii ...
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... tiles , the eaves ' faces whereof were terminated between their sloping junc- tions with carved faces called antefixa , similar to those in the roofs of the Grecian tem- ples . The atrium was , moreover , frequently embellished with ...
... tiles , the eaves ' faces whereof were terminated between their sloping junc- tions with carved faces called antefixa , similar to those in the roofs of the Grecian tem- ples . The atrium was , moreover , frequently embellished with ...
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