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... treatises on architecture of a very ancient date , pescribing the rules by which these edifices were constructed , it remained for the author of this essay to overcome the many , and almost insurmountable obstacles to the substantiation ...
... treatises on architecture of a very ancient date , pescribing the rules by which these edifices were constructed , it remained for the author of this essay to overcome the many , and almost insurmountable obstacles to the substantiation ...
Page iv
... treatises themselves , scattered and neglected , became nearly valueless to all but the humble artisan , who gathered up here and there a fragment , and hoarded the occult lore , sometime to be learnt by stealth , or as best might suit ...
... treatises themselves , scattered and neglected , became nearly valueless to all but the humble artisan , who gathered up here and there a fragment , and hoarded the occult lore , sometime to be learnt by stealth , or as best might suit ...
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... treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations , such an exposition as might enable the European reader to form an opinion of what that system may once have been . Such was the attempt of RAM Ráz ...
... treatises as he was able to collect ; but , from his deductions and illustrations , such an exposition as might enable the European reader to form an opinion of what that system may once have been . Such was the attempt of RAM Ráz ...
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... treatises on architecture , and expect to have some more from different provinces ; and I confidently hope that the result of my investi- gation will enable me to present to the Royal Asiatic Society , through you , a correct account of ...
... treatises on architecture , and expect to have some more from different provinces ; and I confidently hope that the result of my investi- gation will enable me to present to the Royal Asiatic Society , through you , a correct account of ...
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... treatises could be but of little use to themselves ; and the consequence has been , that while the practical part of the science continued to be followed up amongst them as a kind of inheritance from generation to generation , the ...
... treatises could be but of little use to themselves ; and the consequence has been , that while the practical part of the science continued to be followed up amongst them as a kind of inheritance from generation to generation , the ...
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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.