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Page 17
About this spot Mr. R. also excavated and found a coffin containing a skeleton in
high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment
of a brass bird to the outside of the coffin , and inside an ornament of the same ...
About this spot Mr. R. also excavated and found a coffin containing a skeleton in
high preservation , whose antiquity was placed beyond dispute by the attachment
of a brass bird to the outside of the coffin , and inside an ornament of the same ...
Page 23
In both places we find the same arrangement of bassi rilievi against the walls —
entrances decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads --
similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and ...
In both places we find the same arrangement of bassi rilievi against the walls —
entrances decorated with gigantic winged animals , bearing human heads --
similarity in ornament and costume -processions like those at Nimroud and ...
Page 29
In it , the ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and
balanced , seem more the work of chance than of of the temple at this place ( fig .
44. ) . The essential differences between Indian and Egypconsideration . We here
...
In it , the ornaments which in Grecian architecture are so well applied and
balanced , seem more the work of chance than of of the temple at this place ( fig .
44. ) . The essential differences between Indian and Egypconsideration . We here
...
Page 31
... the details of their ornaments . In no country was the connection between
religion and architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and
execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly
examine the ...
... the details of their ornaments . In no country was the connection between
religion and architecture closer than in Egypt , and as the conceptions and
execution in architecture are dependent on the other arts , we will here briefly
examine the ...
Page 38
ORNAMENT or Decoration may be considered under two heads , that which
consists in objects foreign to the forms of the edifices themselves , such as
statues , obelisks , & c . ; and that which is actually affixed to them , such as the
carving on ...
ORNAMENT or Decoration may be considered under two heads , that which
consists in objects foreign to the forms of the edifices themselves , such as
statues , obelisks , & c . ; and that which is actually affixed to them , such as the
carving on ...
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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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