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The Encyclopédie Méthodique contains , und various heads , some invaluable
detached essays , many of which , howeve suffer from want of the illustrative
plates which were originally projected an appendage to them . All these , with
others ...
The Encyclopédie Méthodique contains , und various heads , some invaluable
detached essays , many of which , howeve suffer from want of the illustrative
plates which were originally projected an appendage to them . All these , with
others ...
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contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aperture leads
to a small cavity , whence a passage ... About this spot Mr. R. also excavated and
found a coffin containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was ...
contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aperture leads
to a small cavity , whence a passage ... About this spot Mr. R. also excavated and
found a coffin containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was ...
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This was of little extent , containing merely a living idol , or the representation of
one . The larger portion of the temple was laid out for the reception of the priests ,
and disposed in galleries , porticoes , and vestibules . With few and unimportant ...
This was of little extent , containing merely a living idol , or the representation of
one . The larger portion of the temple was laid out for the reception of the priests ,
and disposed in galleries , porticoes , and vestibules . With few and unimportant ...
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The courts contain sculptured lions 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; and at the angles of the
building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high ... The
great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the
plan .
The courts contain sculptured lions 7 ft . or 8 ft . high ; and at the angles of the
building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high ... The
great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the
plan .
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Each story contains a great number of square niches symmetrically distributed .
In the first story twenty - four are on each side ; m the second , twenty ; and in the
third , sixteen . The number of these niches in the body of the pyramid is 366 ,
and ...
Each story contains a great number of square niches symmetrically distributed .
In the first story twenty - four are on each side ; m the second , twenty ; and in the
third , sixteen . The number of these niches in the body of the pyramid is 366 ,
and ...
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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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