An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... principal doorway , it has a triangular opening over its lintel . The stones which fitted into these triangular openings were of enormous dimensions , for the height of that over the principal entrance is 12 ft . , and its breadth 7 ft ...
... principal doorway , it has a triangular opening over its lintel . The stones which fitted into these triangular openings were of enormous dimensions , for the height of that over the principal entrance is 12 ft . , and its breadth 7 ft ...
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... principal divisions of the city a stupen- dous public monument was erected . In one ( Major Rennel thinks that on the eastern side ) stood the temple of Belus ; in the other , within a large strongly fortified enclosure , the royal ...
... principal divisions of the city a stupen- dous public monument was erected . In one ( Major Rennel thinks that on the eastern side ) stood the temple of Belus ; in the other , within a large strongly fortified enclosure , the royal ...
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... principal staircase . On mounting the steps there is found a large platform 400 paces in extent towards the mountain . Along the wall on three Fig . 23 . B 26 15 1425 ft PLAN OF PERSEPOLIS , 500 ft 183 ft sides a pavement ex- tends for ...
... principal staircase . On mounting the steps there is found a large platform 400 paces in extent towards the mountain . Along the wall on three Fig . 23 . B 26 15 1425 ft PLAN OF PERSEPOLIS , 500 ft 183 ft sides a pavement ex- tends for ...
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... principal forms of the building and its parts preponderate , inasmuch as the hieroglyphics with which they are covered never interfere with the general forms , nor in- jure the effect of the whole ; in India , the principal form is lost ...
... principal forms of the building and its parts preponderate , inasmuch as the hieroglyphics with which they are covered never interfere with the general forms , nor in- jure the effect of the whole ; in India , the principal form is lost ...
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... principal food of the earliest inhabitants of Egypt . Seated on the banks of a river whose name almost implies fertility , they would have been able to live on the supply it afforded for a long period before it was necessary to resort ...
... principal food of the earliest inhabitants of Egypt . Seated on the banks of a river whose name almost implies fertility , they would have been able to live on the supply it afforded for a long period before it was necessary to resort ...
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