An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 12
... projection remained at the top by which an archer could defend the wall below . The blocks of the superstructure are of great size , those of the sub- structure much smaller . The gates excepted , the whole citadel is built of rough ...
... projection remained at the top by which an archer could defend the wall below . The blocks of the superstructure are of great size , those of the sub- structure much smaller . The gates excepted , the whole citadel is built of rough ...
Page 68
... projection of the upper torus . In the temple on the Ilyssus the lower fillet projects about half the distance between the hollow of the scotia and the extremity of the inferior torus The height of the two tori and scotia are nearly ...
... projection of the upper torus . In the temple on the Ilyssus the lower fillet projects about half the distance between the hollow of the scotia and the extremity of the inferior torus The height of the two tori and scotia are nearly ...
Page 160
... projection in the eastern faƧade ; we confess , however , we have some difficult in tracing the resemblance . It is divided internally into fifteen courts , varying consider ably in size ; many of them are decorated with porticoes and ...
... projection in the eastern faƧade ; we confess , however , we have some difficult in tracing the resemblance . It is divided internally into fifteen courts , varying consider ably in size ; many of them are decorated with porticoes and ...
Page 173
... projection ; flat , broad , and usually without ornament . Ornaments . - Among these must be first named the ranges of arches and pilasters which had nothing to support , already incidentally mentioned , and which were intended to fill ...
... projection ; flat , broad , and usually without ornament . Ornaments . - Among these must be first named the ranges of arches and pilasters which had nothing to support , already incidentally mentioned , and which were intended to fill ...
Page 221
... projection of the portico of two . Its sides are flanked by antƦ in their junction with the main building , one diameter and a half distant from the receiving pilaster . The north and south eleva- tions are in two stories , separated by ...
... projection of the portico of two . Its sides are flanked by antƦ in their junction with the main building , one diameter and a half distant from the receiving pilaster . The north and south eleva- tions are in two stories , separated by ...
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