An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... ground , to enable the population to resist a siege ; and that , unlike modern cities , the buildings were ... ground floor , or bisse - com ā¢ occupied by stables , magazines , and serdaubs or cellars , sunk a little below the ground ...
... ground , to enable the population to resist a siege ; and that , unlike modern cities , the buildings were ... ground floor , or bisse - com ā¢ occupied by stables , magazines , and serdaubs or cellars , sunk a little below the ground ...
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... ground floor by a wide passage , which extends through the whole length . On the side towards the street the shops are placed , beyond which a quadrangular open vestibule leads to the private apartments , which are distributed on the ...
... ground floor by a wide passage , which extends through the whole length . On the side towards the street the shops are placed , beyond which a quadrangular open vestibule leads to the private apartments , which are distributed on the ...
Page 46
... ground . The great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the plan . They consist each of two stories , the lowest whereof is surrounded by a peristyle of twenty - four columns . The basement to each is ...
... ground . The great quadrangle contains three pagodas or pavilions , each 33 ft . square on the plan . They consist each of two stories , the lowest whereof is surrounded by a peristyle of twenty - four columns . The basement to each is ...
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... ground being green , which colour is applied to the small to purple , on which the ornament is given ; others exhibit a blue ground , with red stars . leaves on some of the lesser mouldings . Some of the coffers are coloured of a red ...
... ground being green , which colour is applied to the small to purple , on which the ornament is given ; others exhibit a blue ground , with red stars . leaves on some of the lesser mouldings . Some of the coffers are coloured of a red ...
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... ground , which , in the elevations or faƧades , are separated by impost cornices . The only break in its symmetry and sim- plicity occurs in the loggia , placed in the centre of the first story , which connects the windows on each side ...
... ground , which , in the elevations or faƧades , are separated by impost cornices . The only break in its symmetry and sim- plicity occurs in the loggia , placed in the centre of the first story , which connects the windows on each side ...
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