An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 62
... supposed to be susceptible , in the Parthenon ( fig . 95. ) Fig . 94 . BOYPTIAN CAPITAL . Fig . 95 . at Athens . The date of the erection of one of the temples of Diana , at Ephesus , was as remote as that of the temple of Jupiter . If ...
... supposed to be susceptible , in the Parthenon ( fig . 95. ) Fig . 94 . BOYPTIAN CAPITAL . Fig . 95 . at Athens . The date of the erection of one of the temples of Diana , at Ephesus , was as remote as that of the temple of Jupiter . If ...
Page 95
... supposed , es ers 350 GARA st re Fig . 129 . SECTION AND ELEVATION OF COLISEUM . running through the back part of the cornice , poles were placed for holding the velarium , which was occasionally stretched over the building to protect ...
... supposed , es ers 350 GARA st re Fig . 129 . SECTION AND ELEVATION OF COLISEUM . running through the back part of the cornice , poles were placed for holding the velarium , which was occasionally stretched over the building to protect ...
Page 1240
... supposed to have been a colony from Greece . Great solidity of con- struction is the prominent feature , enormous blocks of stone forming the high walls of fortified places . Their other works are tombs , in which are found works of art ...
... supposed to have been a colony from Greece . Great solidity of con- struction is the prominent feature , enormous blocks of stone forming the high walls of fortified places . Their other works are tombs , in which are found works of art ...
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