An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol . iii . p . 263. 321. ) That ...
... arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol . iii . p . 263. 321. ) That ...
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... arch was robbed for the occasion , is still greater . Not only was Trajan's arch despoiled of its bas reliefs , but the columns and capitals , which the architect , from ignorance , scarcely knew how to put together , were stolen for ...
... arch was robbed for the occasion , is still greater . Not only was Trajan's arch despoiled of its bas reliefs , but the columns and capitals , which the architect , from ignorance , scarcely knew how to put together , were stolen for ...
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... arch in a brick wall still partially covered with stucco . It has been conjectured with probability , that the en trances to it were occasionally closed , from the remains of iron gates having been found at some of them . A smaller ...
... arch in a brick wall still partially covered with stucco . It has been conjectured with probability , that the en trances to it were occasionally closed , from the remains of iron gates having been found at some of them . A smaller ...
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... arch in most cases would be all that was necessary to connect opposite banks , and the rocks themselves would form abutments for the single arch that was to connect them , without danger of failure . 222. In Italy , however , a country ...
... arch in most cases would be all that was necessary to connect opposite banks , and the rocks themselves would form abutments for the single arch that was to connect them , without danger of failure . 222. In Italy , however , a country ...
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... Arch of Titus Arch of Severus Baths of Dioclesian Height divided | Height of Ca- Dia- by lower Dia- Diame- Entablature in pital in Terms meter at meter in English ters in Height . Feet . 22 : 065 207 23-847 2 887 48 476 4 619 = Diameter ...
... Arch of Titus Arch of Severus Baths of Dioclesian Height divided | Height of Ca- Dia- by lower Dia- Diame- Entablature in pital in Terms meter at meter in English ters in Height . Feet . 22 : 065 207 23-847 2 887 48 476 4 619 = Diameter ...
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