An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... courses as above shown , 34 courses being at present visible . They are laid with the greatest precision , without cement , and are unequal in size . Their Fig . 15. PLAN OF TREASURY OF ATREUS . average height may be taken at 2 ft ...
... courses as above shown , 34 courses being at present visible . They are laid with the greatest precision , without cement , and are unequal in size . Their Fig . 15. PLAN OF TREASURY OF ATREUS . average height may be taken at 2 ft ...
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... course ) ; thus Callimachus uses the words us will not hold good , inasmuch as the balance on the back of each course would almost pre- Fig . 49 . ARCH AT THEBES . Ο δρόμος ἱερος οὗτος Ανουβιδος . Throughout the whole length beyond this ...
... course ) ; thus Callimachus uses the words us will not hold good , inasmuch as the balance on the back of each course would almost pre- Fig . 49 . ARCH AT THEBES . Ο δρόμος ἱερος οὗτος Ανουβιδος . Throughout the whole length beyond this ...
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... course varied in size and plan . The streets were narrow and laid out with regularity ; and the mixture , as frequently met with in eastern towns , of large houses with low hovels , appears to have been avoided . In Thebes , the number ...
... course varied in size and plan . The streets were narrow and laid out with regularity ; and the mixture , as frequently met with in eastern towns , of large houses with low hovels , appears to have been avoided . In Thebes , the number ...
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... courses as headers and stretchers on the two faces of them ; so that the headers meet , and thus occupy the whole thickness , leaving a void space between the stretchers : they then carry up another course of stretchers , breaking the ...
... courses as headers and stretchers on the two faces of them ; so that the headers meet , and thus occupy the whole thickness , leaving a void space between the stretchers : they then carry up another course of stretchers , breaking the ...
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... course of a war levied on it , in a general council , and in its place , as a mark of favour towards king Attalus and Arsinoe , the city of Smyrna was received into the number of the Ionian states . These received the appellation of ...
... course of a war levied on it , in a general council , and in its place , as a mark of favour towards king Attalus and Arsinoe , the city of Smyrna was received into the number of the Ionian states . These received the appellation of ...
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