An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... nearly a square of 700 yards long and broad ; its south - west angle being connected with the north - west angle of the mounds of Amran by a high ridge nearly 100 yards in breadth . This is the place where Beauchamp made his ...
... nearly a square of 700 yards long and broad ; its south - west angle being connected with the north - west angle of the mounds of Amran by a high ridge nearly 100 yards in breadth . This is the place where Beauchamp made his ...
Page 45
... nearly the same plan . Nothing , say the missionaries of Pekin , gives a more impressive idea of a palace and the greatness of its inhabitant , whether we consider its extent , symmetry , eleva- tion , and uniformity , or whether we ...
... nearly the same plan . Nothing , say the missionaries of Pekin , gives a more impressive idea of a palace and the greatness of its inhabitant , whether we consider its extent , symmetry , eleva- tion , and uniformity , or whether we ...
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... nearly entire . The peculiarities found in it we will shortly detail . The front has six columns , and instead of thirteen in each flank ( the usual number ) there are fifteen . In the interior , buttresses on each side , to the number ...
... nearly entire . The peculiarities found in it we will shortly detail . The front has six columns , and instead of thirteen in each flank ( the usual number ) there are fifteen . In the interior , buttresses on each side , to the number ...
Page 68
... nearly a quarter to nearly nine and a half , and the upper diameter in width between and The dissimilarity of the capitals renders it impossible to compare them . The mean height of the entablature is about a fourth of the height of the ...
... nearly a quarter to nearly nine and a half , and the upper diameter in width between and The dissimilarity of the capitals renders it impossible to compare them . The mean height of the entablature is about a fourth of the height of the ...
Page 85
... nearly as possible , 1 Ā· 5 diameter of the column ; whence the size of the temple will be easily determined . 209. At the foot of the Capitol stands the Corinthian Temple of Jupiter Tonans ( so called ) , also called Temple of Saturn ...
... nearly as possible , 1 Ā· 5 diameter of the column ; whence the size of the temple will be easily determined . 209. At the foot of the Capitol stands the Corinthian Temple of Jupiter Tonans ( so called ) , also called Temple of Saturn ...
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