An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 144
... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopa are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopa are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
Page 164
... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur That they might become less and less ...
... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur That they might become less and less ...
Page 247
... solid , being formed by one of the vertical divisions of the western faƧade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a certain height octangu- larly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open spiral staircases , which are ...
... solid , being formed by one of the vertical divisions of the western faƧade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a certain height octangu- larly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open spiral staircases , which are ...
Page 264
... solids , whether occupie by body or not ; the subject , therefore , is naturally divided into three parts , ālines ... solid , since it is long , broad , and thick . A leaf of paper idea of a surface . As in the case of 2. A surface is ...
... solids , whether occupie by body or not ; the subject , therefore , is naturally divided into three parts , ālines ... solid , since it is long , broad , and thick . A leaf of paper idea of a surface . As in the case of 2. A surface is ...
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