An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... TEMPLE OF BEI.US. The See fig . 18. , in which the dotted lines show the present remains , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was ...
... TEMPLE OF BEI.US. The See fig . 18. , in which the dotted lines show the present remains , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was ...
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... temple for the reception of the ark , he was not only obliged to send to Tyre for workmen , but for an architect also . Upon this temple a dissertation has been written by a Spaniard of the name of Villalpanda , wherein he , with ...
... temple for the reception of the ark , he was not only obliged to send to Tyre for workmen , but for an architect also . Upon this temple a dissertation has been written by a Spaniard of the name of Villalpanda , wherein he , with ...
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... temple of Egypt as to one at Jerusalem . And this tends , Fig . 34. though slightly it is true , to show that the Phoenician workmen who were employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the ...
... temple of Egypt as to one at Jerusalem . And this tends , Fig . 34. though slightly it is true , to show that the Phoenician workmen who were employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the ...
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... temple , except that , according to Daniel ( Asiat . Res . vol . i . ) , they are hollowed in hard and compact ... Temple of Diagannatha . ft . in . External width of the excavation - 57 0 Length ( interior ) - 34 0 Width ( ditto ) 20 0 ...
... temple , except that , according to Daniel ( Asiat . Res . vol . i . ) , they are hollowed in hard and compact ... Temple of Diagannatha . ft . in . External width of the excavation - 57 0 Length ( interior ) - 34 0 Width ( ditto ) 20 0 ...
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... TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA . Fig . 39 that were worshipped , or the actions of the heroes whom they represented . At the end of the cavern there is a dark recess , about 20 ft . square , entered by four doors , each flanked by gigantic figures ...
... TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA . Fig . 39 that were worshipped , or the actions of the heroes whom they represented . At the end of the cavern there is a dark recess , about 20 ft . square , entered by four doors , each flanked by gigantic figures ...
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