An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 5
... common to the British Isles and Gaul , to the inhabitants of Italy , Greece , Syria , Arabia , Persia , and Hindostan ; and that one of the two alphabets ( of the same system ) in which the Irish MSS . are written - viz . the Beth ...
... common to the British Isles and Gaul , to the inhabitants of Italy , Greece , Syria , Arabia , Persia , and Hindostan ; and that one of the two alphabets ( of the same system ) in which the Irish MSS . are written - viz . the Beth ...
Page 21
... common to the edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were , an en- tablature , is ornamented with vertical ribs or leaves , and the large fillet above the hollow ...
... common to the edifices on the banks of the Nile and those on the plain of Merdasht . In both , this member , forming , as it were , an en- tablature , is ornamented with vertical ribs or leaves , and the large fillet above the hollow ...
Page 25
... common origin ; indeed , it is our opinion , and one which we have not adopted without considerable hesitation , that though the existing buildings of India be comparatively modern , they are in a style older than that of the time of ...
... common origin ; indeed , it is our opinion , and one which we have not adopted without considerable hesitation , that though the existing buildings of India be comparatively modern , they are in a style older than that of the time of ...
Page 52
... common between them , except their origin from a common source . It is an error to confound them , or to suppose that the pointed arch is found in any strictly Arabian edifices . That , as far as we can ascertain , did not exist before ...
... common between them , except their origin from a common source . It is an error to confound them , or to suppose that the pointed arch is found in any strictly Arabian edifices . That , as far as we can ascertain , did not exist before ...
Page 128
... common custom of impressment by the monarch ; and further , not to work unless free and on their own terms , especially as the monarch would not pay them as highly as did his subjects . All this appears probable , but there is no ...
... common custom of impressment by the monarch ; and further , not to work unless free and on their own terms , especially as the monarch would not pay them as highly as did his subjects . All this appears probable , but there is no ...
Contents
1 | |
4 | |
13 | |
47 | |
211 | |
218 | |
231 | |
238 | |
794 | |
798 | |
804 | |
878 | |
893 | |
1029 | |
1039 | |
1045 | |
390 | |
430 | |
480 | |
648 | |
652 | |
705 | |
711 | |
737 | |
739 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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