The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 62
... supposed to be susceptible , in the Parthenon ( fig . 95. ) Fig . 94 . BUYPTIAN CAPITAL at Athens . Fig . 95 . VIEW OF THE PARTHENON The date of the erection of the temple of Diana , at Ephesus , was really as remote as that of the ...
... supposed to be susceptible , in the Parthenon ( fig . 95. ) Fig . 94 . BUYPTIAN CAPITAL at Athens . Fig . 95 . VIEW OF THE PARTHENON The date of the erection of the temple of Diana , at Ephesus , was really as remote as that of the ...
Page 95
... supposed , Fig . 129 . running through the back part of the cornice , poles were placed for holding the velarium , which was occasionally stretched over the building to protect the spectators from the sun or rain . The whole height of ...
... supposed , Fig . 129 . running through the back part of the cornice , poles were placed for holding the velarium , which was occasionally stretched over the building to protect the spectators from the sun or rain . The whole height of ...
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... supposed to have made designs for rebuilding St George's Chapel ; built a chantry chapel in Salisbury Cathedral . Founder of Magdalen College , Oxford ; overseer of the building at Windsor . Leland was in- formed that the greatest part ...
... supposed to have made designs for rebuilding St George's Chapel ; built a chantry chapel in Salisbury Cathedral . Founder of Magdalen College , Oxford ; overseer of the building at Windsor . Leland was in- formed that the greatest part ...
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