An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 42
... TEMPLE AT TENTYRA . tion of Temple of Pan , and remains of other stone buildings . Exten- sive mounds at Mensheeyah ( No. 19. ) ( Ptolemais Hermii ) ; twelve miles south from Girgeh , is Abydus ( Arabat el Matfoon ) , where are two temples ...
... TEMPLE AT TENTYRA . tion of Temple of Pan , and remains of other stone buildings . Exten- sive mounds at Mensheeyah ( No. 19. ) ( Ptolemais Hermii ) ; twelve miles south from Girgeh , is Abydus ( Arabat el Matfoon ) , where are two temples ...
Page 85
... Temples . - 1 . The quadrangular Roman temple partook very much of its Greek , or perhaps Etruscan , original ; though occasionally , as in the Temple of Peace , there is a very considerable deviation from the type . But the exceptions ...
... Temples . - 1 . The quadrangular Roman temple partook very much of its Greek , or perhaps Etruscan , original ; though occasionally , as in the Temple of Peace , there is a very considerable deviation from the type . But the exceptions ...
Page 1113
... temple to Apollo at Delphi ; a temple to Neptune near Mantinæa . II . THEODORUS and RHŒCUS , of Samos . - Labyrinth at Lemnos ; some buildings at Sparta ; the temple of Jupiter at Samos ; foundations of one of the temples of Diana at ...
... temple to Apollo at Delphi ; a temple to Neptune near Mantinæa . II . THEODORUS and RHŒCUS , of Samos . - Labyrinth at Lemnos ; some buildings at Sparta ; the temple of Jupiter at Samos ; foundations of one of the temples of Diana at ...
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ARCHITECTURE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES | 4 |
Basements and Attics | 13 |
Jewish and Phoenician | 24 |
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