An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... colours of gold , pink , light blue , and a dusky purple , the first colour being nearest the eye , and the last furthest from it ; the general surface , however , is white . Fig . 81 . COURT OF THE LIONS , ALHAMBRA . or drained of ...
... colours of gold , pink , light blue , and a dusky purple , the first colour being nearest the eye , and the last furthest from it ; the general surface , however , is white . Fig . 81 . COURT OF THE LIONS , ALHAMBRA . or drained of ...
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... colour . The interior doors are described as gold . The jambs of them , oraμo , were of silver on a brazen threshold . The lintel UTEрoupiov was silver , and the cornice xoown of gold . Statues of dogs , in gold and silver , which had ...
... colour . The interior doors are described as gold . The jambs of them , oraμo , were of silver on a brazen threshold . The lintel UTEрoupiov was silver , and the cornice xoown of gold . Statues of dogs , in gold and silver , which had ...
Page 71
... colours , so as to relieve one another . The corona was deep blue , and the gutta of a brown red ; the foliage of the cymatium was alternately streaked with blue and red , the ground being green , which colour is applied to the small ...
... colours , so as to relieve one another . The corona was deep blue , and the gutta of a brown red ; the foliage of the cymatium was alternately streaked with blue and red , the ground being green , which colour is applied to the small ...
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... coloured pieces , disposed in or- namented squares or circles sup- porting globes , are of continual Occurrence . Armorial bearings in their various colours were in- troduced to excess . When the monument is placed against a wall ...
... coloured pieces , disposed in or- namented squares or circles sup- porting globes , are of continual Occurrence . Armorial bearings in their various colours were in- troduced to excess . When the monument is placed against a wall ...
Page 255
... colour . The manner in which the restoration since 1840 was directed has been praised . " 605. The capella do fundador ( fig . 267. ) , or of King John ( L on the plan , fig . 268. ) , attributed to D. Hacket , or Ouguet , is 66 ft ...
... colour . The manner in which the restoration since 1840 was directed has been praised . " 605. The capella do fundador ( fig . 267. ) , or of King John ( L on the plan , fig . 268. ) , attributed to D. Hacket , or Ouguet , is 66 ft ...
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