An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... contains , under various heads , some invaluable detached essays , many of which , however , suffer from want of the ... contain a word on the sciences connected with construction . The details , therefore , not being sufficiently ...
... contains , under various heads , some invaluable detached essays , many of which , however , suffer from want of the ... contain a word on the sciences connected with construction . The details , therefore , not being sufficiently ...
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... contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a ... containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment of a brass ...
... contains a niche of the height of a man , at the back whereof a low aper- ture leads to a small cavity , whence a ... containing a skeleton in high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment of a brass ...
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... contains a piscina or basin for purification . That on the southern side forms a cloister enclosing three contiguous temples called Chubei , lighted only by their doors and by lamps . The court on the west is also claustral , having in ...
... contains a piscina or basin for purification . That on the southern side forms a cloister enclosing three contiguous temples called Chubei , lighted only by their doors and by lamps . The court on the west is also claustral , having in ...
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... containing the kitchens and refectories , and the other , hospitals for animals , and a burying ground . The great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the plan . They consist each of two stories , the ...
... containing the kitchens and refectories , and the other , hospitals for animals , and a burying ground . The great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the plan . They consist each of two stories , the ...
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... contains 3500 square yards , and was occupied by the Temple of Quetzal- coatl , the God of Air , who has yielded his place to the Virgin . By the way , we may here mention that tumuli are found in Virginia , Canada , and Peru , in which ...
... contains 3500 square yards , and was occupied by the Temple of Quetzal- coatl , the God of Air , who has yielded his place to the Virgin . By the way , we may here mention that tumuli are found in Virginia , Canada , and Peru , in which ...
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