An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... timber , and especially that sort proper for building . There are some forests of palm trees on the Lybian side , near Dendera ( Tentyra ) ; but the soil is little suited to the growth of timber . Next in quantity to the palm is the ...
... timber , and especially that sort proper for building . There are some forests of palm trees on the Lybian side , near Dendera ( Tentyra ) ; but the soil is little suited to the growth of timber . Next in quantity to the palm is the ...
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... timber , would not suggest the use of ornament . Nothing seemed fixed , nothing determined by natural types . We must , however , except some of their columns , which do appear to have been formed with some regard to imitation . - 89 ...
... timber , would not suggest the use of ornament . Nothing seemed fixed , nothing determined by natural types . We must , however , except some of their columns , which do appear to have been formed with some regard to imitation . - 89 ...
Seite 43
... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
... timber framing , just as though they had surrounded tents with enclosures of masonry . Indeed , from the accounts of travellers , a Chinese city looks like a large permanent encampment , as well in respect of its roofs as its extent ...
Seite 44
... TIMBER is the chief material in use among the Chinese ; that of which the country produces , the principal is the nan - mo , which , according to some , is a species of cedar ; others have placed it among the firs . It is a straight ...
... TIMBER is the chief material in use among the Chinese ; that of which the country produces , the principal is the nan - mo , which , according to some , is a species of cedar ; others have placed it among the firs . It is a straight ...
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... timber , for the paintings , in which the medium for the colour is not oil , retain the original fresh- ness of their colours , and the woodwork of the ceilings presents no symptoms of decomposition . It has been conjectured that the ...
... timber , for the paintings , in which the medium for the colour is not oil , retain the original fresh- ness of their colours , and the woodwork of the ceilings presents no symptoms of decomposition . It has been conjectured that the ...
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