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Page 163
It is usually in four or five horizontal compartments , each containing an unequal
number of pictures of saints painted on tablets or long square panels , whose
places are fixed with great precision . In the first story , if we may so call it , are the
...
It is usually in four or five horizontal compartments , each containing an unequal
number of pictures of saints painted on tablets or long square panels , whose
places are fixed with great precision . In the first story , if we may so call it , are the
...
Page 181
... of the wall rising from the horizontal course laid immediately on the corbels ,
between which the said horizontal course was pierced for the purpose of
enabling the besieged to drop missiles or molten metal on the heads of the
assailants .
... of the wall rising from the horizontal course laid immediately on the corbels ,
between which the said horizontal course was pierced for the purpose of
enabling the besieged to drop missiles or molten metal on the heads of the
assailants .
Page 213
form of a hyperboloid , pierced near the vertex with an aperture 12 ft . in diaineter
. centres are in a horizontal diameter , passing through its base . The cone and
the interior dome are restrained in their lateral thrust on the supports by four tiers
...
form of a hyperboloid , pierced near the vertex with an aperture 12 ft . in diaineter
. centres are in a horizontal diameter , passing through its base . The cone and
the interior dome are restrained in their lateral thrust on the supports by four tiers
...
Page 214
Between the last , po dentives are formed , terminated by horizontal cornices .
Small cupolas , of less height tl . their semi - diameter , are formed abore these
cornices . In the upright plane space on 1 walls above the main arches of the
nave ...
Between the last , po dentives are formed , terminated by horizontal cornices .
Small cupolas , of less height tl . their semi - diameter , are formed abore these
cornices . In the upright plane space on 1 walls above the main arches of the
nave ...
Page 295
... length , through which draw horizontal lines . Then , from the point G in DC to
the first tenth part from G to A in BA draw a diagonal , and parallel thereto the
other diagonals required . The intersections of these diagonals with the
horizontal ...
... length , through which draw horizontal lines . Then , from the point G in DC to
the first tenth part from G to A in BA draw a diagonal , and parallel thereto the
other diagonals required . The intersections of these diagonals with the
horizontal ...
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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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