An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... portion of the race fixed its abode ir the purposes of agriculture , a very ferent species of dwelling was necessary . Solidity was required as well for the person comfort of the husbandman as for preserving , from one season to another ...
... portion of the race fixed its abode ir the purposes of agriculture , a very ferent species of dwelling was necessary . Solidity was required as well for the person comfort of the husbandman as for preserving , from one season to another ...
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... portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the purpose of exhibiting to the reader the cha- racter of ... portions of the walls of Tiryns , taken from the Rev. T. S. Hughes's Trarels in Allania . Later works are named on p ...
... portion of the postern gate of the walls of Mycene , for the purpose of exhibiting to the reader the cha- racter of ... portions of the walls of Tiryns , taken from the Rev. T. S. Hughes's Trarels in Allania . Later works are named on p ...
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... portion of the walls is co- vered with colossal human figures , forty to fifty in number , in high relief , and distin- guished by a variety of symbols , probably representing the attributes of the deities Fig . 38 . TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA ...
... portion of the walls is co- vered with colossal human figures , forty to fifty in number , in high relief , and distin- guished by a variety of symbols , probably representing the attributes of the deities Fig . 38 . TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA ...
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... portion of one whereof fig . 82. is a diagram ) formed by seventeen ranks of columns , and a wall pierced with arches , from south to north , and thirty - two narrower naves from east to west . Each of these naves is about 16 ft . wide ...
... portion of one whereof fig . 82. is a diagram ) formed by seventeen ranks of columns , and a wall pierced with arches , from south to north , and thirty - two narrower naves from east to west . Each of these naves is about 16 ft . wide ...
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... portion of them from a sketch with which we were favoured many years since by the late Sir Charles , Fig . 90 . IA ... portion of a circle ; in the latter , the contours of the mouldings are portions of conic sections . In Roman ...
... portion of them from a sketch with which we were favoured many years since by the late Sir Charles , Fig . 90 . IA ... portion of a circle ; in the latter , the contours of the mouldings are portions of conic sections . In Roman ...
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