An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 52
... century . It seems to have been a development in the parts of a style which , as it passed into more northern latitudes , became more acute in the roofs , from the necessity of discharging the rain and snow with greater facility . This ...
... century . It seems to have been a development in the parts of a style which , as it passed into more northern latitudes , became more acute in the roofs , from the necessity of discharging the rain and snow with greater facility . This ...
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... century , of which the finest example was the Mosque of Cordova in Spain . This was comuneneed in 770 by Abderahman , and finished by his son and successor , Hisham . Its plan is a parallelogram , whose longest side is 620 ft . by 440 ...
... century , of which the finest example was the Mosque of Cordova in Spain . This was comuneneed in 770 by Abderahman , and finished by his son and successor , Hisham . Its plan is a parallelogram , whose longest side is 620 ft . by 440 ...
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... century , and were more lately visited by the Messrs . Dawkins and Wood , already mentioned . The power of Zenobia , who wished to shake off the sub- jection to Rome , was insufficient to withstand the forces of Aurelian , and Palmyra ...
... century , and were more lately visited by the Messrs . Dawkins and Wood , already mentioned . The power of Zenobia , who wished to shake off the sub- jection to Rome , was insufficient to withstand the forces of Aurelian , and Palmyra ...
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... century . It will be ne- cessary to premise that the term Romanesque is very general , and comprises the works of the Lombards as well as those of a later species , which in this country are called Saxon and Norman , for the character ...
... century . It will be ne- cessary to premise that the term Romanesque is very general , and comprises the works of the Lombards as well as those of a later species , which in this country are called Saxon and Norman , for the character ...
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... century , at which period their decadence was strongly marked . But we must digress a little by supplying a chasm in the history of our art relative to the ancient basilica of Rome , the undoubted types of the comparatively modern ...
... century , at which period their decadence was strongly marked . But we must digress a little by supplying a chasm in the history of our art relative to the ancient basilica of Rome , the undoubted types of the comparatively modern ...
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15th century aisles arch architect architecture axis base beam breadth bricks building built called cast iron Castle cathedral cement centre of gravity chapel choir church circle circumference colour columns construction Corinthian order cube cubic foot curve decorated depth describe diameter dome Doric order draw edifices ellipsis employed entablature equal erected examples extrados feet girder given Gothic granite half horizontal inches intercolumniations joints length lime limestone marble mortar mouldings nave oolite ornaments palace parallel parallelogram perpendicular piece piers placed plane plates portico Portland stone Prop proportion pyramid quarries radius rectangle ribs right angles right line Roman Roman architecture Rome roof sandstone side similar sofite solid square stone strength style surface tangent temple thickness tiles timber tons tower transepts triangle upper vault vertical Vitruvius voussoirs walls weight whereof width wood