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... building durable public edifices , that it is not to be wondered at they should now ascribe their ignorance of the art as revealed from heaven to the want of encouragement , which appears indeed to have ceased on the decline of native ...
... building durable public edifices , that it is not to be wondered at they should now ascribe their ignorance of the art as revealed from heaven to the want of encouragement , which appears indeed to have ceased on the decline of native ...
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... building practised by the Hindus , must throw considerable light on the early progress of architecture in general . Some of the western authors have traced a certain resemblance in the leading features of the buildings in Egypt and ...
... building practised by the Hindus , must throw considerable light on the early progress of architecture in general . Some of the western authors have traced a certain resemblance in the leading features of the buildings in Egypt and ...
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... building sacred edifices ; and it is often consulted by the artists as the highest authority for the solution of contested points in architecture . This work appears , according to an enumeration of the contents given in the preface ...
... building sacred edifices ; and it is often consulted by the artists as the highest authority for the solution of contested points in architecture . This work appears , according to an enumeration of the contents given in the preface ...
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... building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the residence of the ...
... building of temples , houses , & c . The ninth chapter treats of villages and towns , and prescribes rules for the formation of streets , and the allotment of fit places for the erection of temples , and for the residence of the ...
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... building of temples , houses , villages , towns , and cities ; the ceremonies attending the consecration of images ; the mode of determining the propitious moment for commencing to lay the foundation of an edifice , as well as rules for ...
... building of temples , houses , villages , towns , and cities ; the ceremonies attending the consecration of images ; the mode of determining the propitious moment for commencing to lay the foundation of an edifice , as well as rules for ...
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.