An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 37
... usually in three rows with four or five divisions in each ; but these arrange- ments seem to have been subject to no certain laws . The species of eclumns in question is certainly curious , and appears based upon the imitation of stems ...
... usually in three rows with four or five divisions in each ; but these arrange- ments seem to have been subject to no certain laws . The species of eclumns in question is certainly curious , and appears based upon the imitation of stems ...
Page 45
... usually about 18 ft . or 20 ft . long , and 20 ft . wide , open towards the vestibule , or with a screen of canework to protect it from the sun and rain . At the back are doors extending from the floor about half way to the ceiling ...
... usually about 18 ft . or 20 ft . long , and 20 ft . wide , open towards the vestibule , or with a screen of canework to protect it from the sun and rain . At the back are doors extending from the floor about half way to the ceiling ...
Page 47
... usually massive , of strange but simple forms . 107. The Pay - lou , or triumphal arches of the Chinese , are to be found in every city . They are erected to celebrate particular events . Those at Ning - po are with a central and two ...
... usually massive , of strange but simple forms . 107. The Pay - lou , or triumphal arches of the Chinese , are to be found in every city . They are erected to celebrate particular events . Those at Ning - po are with a central and two ...
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... usually consist of a court , whereof some or all of its sides are surrounded by galleries . Narrow rooms run generally parallel with the gallery , usually without any opening but the door 1 opening on to the gallery . Roofs are flat ...
... usually consist of a court , whereof some or all of its sides are surrounded by galleries . Narrow rooms run generally parallel with the gallery , usually without any opening but the door 1 opening on to the gallery . Roofs are flat ...
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... usually been attributed to a colony from Megara ; but we are of opinion with the Baron Pisani ( Memoria sulle Metope Selinuntine ) that it existed as a Phoenician city long previous to the settlement there by the Megaræans . The style ...
... usually been attributed to a colony from Megara ; but we are of opinion with the Baron Pisani ( Memoria sulle Metope Selinuntine ) that it existed as a Phoenician city long previous to the settlement there by the Megaræans . The style ...
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