An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
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... palace was on the oppos . De side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , 1 some respects , a site ...
... palace was on the oppos . De side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , 1 some respects , a site ...
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... palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date would therefore be about 713 B.C. The sculptures at this place so much resemble those at Persepolis , and the ...
... palace of Kouyunjik , Rawlinson establishes the identity of the king who built it with the Sennacherib of Scripture . Its date would therefore be about 713 B.C. The sculptures at this place so much resemble those at Persepolis , and the ...
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... palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and planted with trees . Towards the garden is an open saloon whose ceiling is borne by eighteen columns , inlaid with ...
... palace of Chehel Sitoon or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square intersected by canals , and planted with trees . Towards the garden is an open saloon whose ceiling is borne by eighteen columns , inlaid with ...
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... palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the ly - mo , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it is ...
... palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the ly - mo , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it 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