An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 85
... called ) , also called Temple of Saturn , but now of Vespasian , of which , as of the last , only three columns remain . This was an hexastyle peripteral ( except on the side towards the rock ) temple , 115 ft . long and 92 ft . wide ...
... called ) , also called Temple of Saturn , but now of Vespasian , of which , as of the last , only three columns remain . This was an hexastyle peripteral ( except on the side towards the rock ) temple , 115 ft . long and 92 ft . wide ...
Page 101
... called antefixe , similar to those in the roofs of the Grecian tem- ples . The atrium was , moreover , frequently embellished with fountains . It was in the atrium that the splendid columns which we have mentioned , as decorating the ...
... called antefixe , similar to those in the roofs of the Grecian tem- ples . The atrium was , moreover , frequently embellished with fountains . It was in the atrium that the splendid columns which we have mentioned , as decorating the ...
Page 107
... called Saxon and Norman , for the character of all is the same , and we think much confusion will be pre- vented by the arrangement we propose . Between the fifth and the eighth centuries , at the beginning of which latter period the ...
... called Saxon and Norman , for the character of all is the same , and we think much confusion will be pre- vented by the arrangement we propose . Between the fifth and the eighth centuries , at the beginning of which latter period the ...
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... called body of Freemasons is said to have arisen . 309. The pontificate , towards the end of the 10th century , of a Benedictine monk , named Gerbert , afterwards known under the name of Sylvester II . , and whose life , if Platina ...
... called body of Freemasons is said to have arisen . 309. The pontificate , towards the end of the 10th century , of a Benedictine monk , named Gerbert , afterwards known under the name of Sylvester II . , and whose life , if Platina ...
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... called " magis- ter " ; the history of his work has been preserved to us in the well written account by the monk ... called free ( stone ) masons , and the masons called layers or setters . In the fabric rolls of Exeter cathedral , the ...
... called " magis- ter " ; the history of his work has been preserved to us in the well written account by the monk ... called free ( stone ) masons , and the masons called layers or setters . In the fabric rolls of Exeter cathedral , the ...
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