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Page 23
23 the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the
sepulture of .he early kings of Persia ; and the lower to have belonged to the
Parthian Sassanide dynasties . 5la . The early Persians were doubtless indebted
to the still ...
23 the highest supposed to be coeval with Persepolis , and formed for the
sepulture of .he early kings of Persia ; and the lower to have belonged to the
Parthian Sassanide dynasties . 5la . The early Persians were doubtless indebted
to the still ...
Page 50
From vestiges which appear , it is supposed the town was supplied with the water
of the Rio Gila , by an artificial canal . The plain in the neighbourhood is covered
with broken carthen pottery painted in white , red , and blue colours . 117.
From vestiges which appear , it is supposed the town was supplied with the water
of the Rio Gila , by an artificial canal . The plain in the neighbourhood is covered
with broken carthen pottery painted in white , red , and blue colours . 117.
Page 62
We have already attempted to account for the parts of this order by a reference to
its supposed connection with the hut . The writer , in the Encyclopédie
Méthodique , truly says that if the Doric had an inventor , that inventor was a
people whose ...
We have already attempted to account for the parts of this order by a reference to
its supposed connection with the hut . The writer , in the Encyclopédie
Méthodique , truly says that if the Doric had an inventor , that inventor was a
people whose ...
Page 66
Nearly coeval with the Propylæum and cent edifice have doubtless become
known to the reader in his visits to the British Museum , is supposed , erected to
receive the ashes of the national hero , when removed from Scyrol Parthenon , or
...
Nearly coeval with the Propylæum and cent edifice have doubtless become
known to the reader in his visits to the British Museum , is supposed , erected to
receive the ashes of the national hero , when removed from Scyrol Parthenon , or
...
Page 74
The inhabitants of Etruria , a country of Italy , now called Tuscany , are supposed
to have been a colony from Greece . They certainly may have been a swarm from
the original hive ( see Druidical , Celtic , 13 .; and Cyclopean Architecture , 32. ) ...
The inhabitants of Etruria , a country of Italy , now called Tuscany , are supposed
to have been a colony from Greece . They certainly may have been a swarm from
the original hive ( see Druidical , Celtic , 13 .; and Cyclopean Architecture , 32. ) ...
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| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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