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Page 24
The windows glazed with curiously stained glass of a variety of colours ; each
has a fountain in front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in
the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and planted with trees .
The windows glazed with curiously stained glass of a variety of colours ; each
has a fountain in front . The palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in
the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and planted with trees .
Page 50
The plain in the neighbourhood is covered with broken carthen pottery painted in
white , red , and blue colours . 117. The capital of Mexico , reconstructed by the
Spaniards , is undoubtedly one of the finest cities ever built by Europeans in ...
The plain in the neighbourhood is covered with broken carthen pottery painted in
white , red , and blue colours . 117. The capital of Mexico , reconstructed by the
Spaniards , is undoubtedly one of the finest cities ever built by Europeans in ...
Page 54
COURT OF THE LIONS , ALHAMBRA . svents are in colours of gold , pink , light
blue , and a dusky purple , the first colour being nearest the eye , and the last
furthest from it ; the general surface , however , is white . The walls , to the height
of ...
COURT OF THE LIONS , ALHAMBRA . svents are in colours of gold , pink , light
blue , and a dusky purple , the first colour being nearest the eye , and the last
furthest from it ; the general surface , however , is white . The walls , to the height
of ...
Page 71
Thus the coffers of the ceiling were painted , and its frieze ornamented with a fret
in colours . ... From M. Quast ( Mittheilungen über Alt und Neu Athen , Berlin ,
1894 ) , we learn that the colour was not used in a fluid state merely for the
purpose ...
Thus the coffers of the ceiling were painted , and its frieze ornamented with a fret
in colours . ... From M. Quast ( Mittheilungen über Alt und Neu Athen , Berlin ,
1894 ) , we learn that the colour was not used in a fluid state merely for the
purpose ...
Page 185
At Layer Marney and other places , bricks of two colours bighly glazed were used
for variegating the surface , and were ... designed by Holbein , was constructed
with differently coloured glazed bricks , over which were appended four large ...
At Layer Marney and other places , bricks of two colours bighly glazed were used
for variegating the surface , and were ... designed by Holbein , was constructed
with differently coloured glazed bricks , over which were appended four large ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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