An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 34
... horizontal direc- tion for a length of 55 ft .; it then again ascends at the same angle and proceeds to the base of the pyramid , where another entrance is formed from the outside . About the middle of the horizontal passage there is a ...
... horizontal direc- tion for a length of 55 ft .; it then again ascends at the same angle and proceeds to the base of the pyramid , where another entrance is formed from the outside . About the middle of the horizontal passage there is a ...
Page 163
... 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 three doors ...
... 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 three doors ...
Page 181
... 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 . The corbel is often ...
... 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 . The corbel is often ...
Page 213
... horizontal diameter , passing through its base . The cone and the interior dome are restrained in their lateral thrust on the supports by four tiers of strong iron chains , placed in grooves prepared for their reception , and run with ...
... horizontal diameter , passing through its base . The cone and the interior dome are restrained in their lateral thrust on the supports by four tiers of strong iron chains , placed in grooves prepared for their reception , and run with ...
Page 214
... horizontal cornices . Small cupolas , of less height tl . their semi - diameter , are formed abore these cornices . In the upright plane space on t walls above the main arches of the nave , choir , and transepts , a clerestory is ...
... horizontal cornices . Small cupolas , of less height tl . their semi - diameter , are formed abore these cornices . In the upright plane space on t walls above the main arches of the nave , choir , and transepts , a clerestory is ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet flange front girder Gothic granite half height horizontal inches joints length lime limestone marble material mortar mouldings nave obtained oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sand sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls whereof width wood