An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
... decorated with bas - reliefs , of which fig . 25. is a specimen . On ar- riving at the top of this staircase , was found another large platform , paved with large blocks of stone ; and at the distance of twenty - two feet two inches ...
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... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad . The cuneiform character ( see fig . 29. ) is now a known language ; and from an ...
... decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads - similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and Khorsabad . The cuneiform character ( see fig . 29. ) is now a known language ; and from an ...
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... decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the representation ( fig . 34. ) here given , the reader must be struck with their resemblance to the columns of Egypt with their lotus leaves , and ...
... decorated with lilies upon a net - work ground , and the other with pomegranates . From the representation ( fig . 34. ) here given , the reader must be struck with their resemblance to the columns of Egypt with their lotus leaves , and ...
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... decorated with the zennar , the sacred string or cord peculiar to the order of Brahmins , an authentic evidence of the distinction of casts having been established in India at the time when thess works were finished . Fig . 40 . PAGODA ...
... decorated with the zennar , the sacred string or cord peculiar to the order of Brahmins , an authentic evidence of the distinction of casts having been established in India at the time when thess works were finished . Fig . 40 . PAGODA ...
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... 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 by the Chinese , the columns and beams look more like the bars of a light ...
... 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 by the Chinese , the columns and beams look more like the bars of a light ...
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