An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... columns ( lettered D ) , originally twelve in number , whereol in Sir R. K. Porter's time only one remained . At seventy - one feet south- ward from these stood thirty - six columns more , at intervals of twenty - two feet two inches ...
... columns ( lettered D ) , originally twelve in number , whereol in Sir R. K. Porter's time only one remained . At seventy - one feet south- ward from these stood thirty - six columns more , at intervals of twenty - two feet two inches ...
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... columns , and in the central intercolumniation a doorway is constructed with piers , over which are a lintel and cornice cut through . From this portico a doorway leads to an inner vestibule , in which are three ranks of four columns ...
... columns , and in the central intercolumniation a doorway is constructed with piers , over which are a lintel and cornice cut through . From this portico a doorway leads to an inner vestibule , in which are three ranks of four columns ...
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... columns are to be found in Egypt . Some square specimens are to be seen in the grottos at Thebes cut out of the rock itself . Simi- lar examples occur at the entrance of the sanctuary of a temple in the same city . Hexa- Fig . 56 . COLUMNS ...
... columns are to be found in Egypt . Some square specimens are to be seen in the grottos at Thebes cut out of the rock itself . Simi- lar examples occur at the entrance of the sanctuary of a temple in the same city . Hexa- Fig . 56 . COLUMNS ...
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... columns . The same author ( vol . i . f . 56. ed . Wesseling ) , speaking of Psam- meticus , says , Having now obtained the whole kingdom , he built a pro- Fig . 64 . pylæum , on the east side of the temple , to the God at Memphis ...
... columns . The same author ( vol . i . f . 56. ed . Wesseling ) , speaking of Psam- meticus , says , Having now obtained the whole kingdom , he built a pro- Fig . 64 . pylæum , on the east side of the temple , to the God at Memphis ...
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... columns ; and its extremities , projecting beyond the walls , are usually decorated with the representation of a dragon . Fig . 72 . GROUND PLAN . Fig . 73. ELEVATION OF A CHINESE HOUSE . Their 102. In the system of carpentry practised ...
... columns ; and its extremities , projecting beyond the walls , are usually decorated with the representation of a dragon . Fig . 72 . GROUND PLAN . Fig . 73. ELEVATION OF A CHINESE HOUSE . Their 102. In the system of carpentry practised ...
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