An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... Italy has any complete work of the kind appeared . In the English , as in other languages , there are doubtless ... Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor does it contain a word on the ...
... Italy has any complete work of the kind appeared . In the English , as in other languages , there are doubtless ... Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor does it contain a word on the ...
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... Italian 17. French 18. German 19. Spanish and Portuguese Buildings 1 20. Russian ā¢ 2. Origin and Progress of Building 2 3. Different ... Italy ā¢ . 125 7. Sicily , Ā· 255 . 258 263 . . CHAPTER I. MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF CONSTRUCTION .
... Italian 17. French 18. German 19. Spanish and Portuguese Buildings 1 20. Russian ā¢ 2. Origin and Progress of Building 2 3. Different ... Italy ā¢ . 125 7. Sicily , Ā· 255 . 258 263 . . CHAPTER I. MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF CONSTRUCTION .
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... Italy , Greece , Syria , Arabia , Persia , and Hindostan ; and that one of the two alphabets of the same system ) in which the Irish MSS . are written - viz . the Beth - luis - nion - came by Gaul through Britain to Ireland ; and that ...
... Italy , Greece , Syria , Arabia , Persia , and Hindostan ; and that one of the two alphabets of the same system ) in which the Irish MSS . are written - viz . the Beth - luis - nion - came by Gaul through Britain to Ireland ; and that ...
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... Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same 22. ( 3. ) Sacrificial Stones . These have been confounded with the cromlech , but the difference between them is wide . They are simple stones ...
... Italy , and Britain , and that the religion of the Druids , Magi , and Brahmins was the same 22. ( 3. ) Sacrificial Stones . These have been confounded with the cromlech , but the difference between them is wide . They are simple stones ...
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... Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second Ʀra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia , and Alatrium ; in the three last whereof the walls resemble those of Tiryns , Argos , and ...
... Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second Ʀra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia , and Alatrium ; in the three last whereof the walls resemble those of Tiryns , Argos , and ...
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