An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... describe , was seated ( lat . about 30 ° N. , long . about 53 ° E. ) in the great plain of Merdasht or Istakhr , one of the most fertile in the world , being watered in all directions by rivulets and artificial drains , which ultimately ...
... describe , was seated ( lat . about 30 ° N. , long . about 53 ° E. ) in the great plain of Merdasht or Istakhr , one of the most fertile in the world , being watered in all directions by rivulets and artificial drains , which ultimately ...
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... describes the portico of the Temple of Augustus as joining that side of the basilica which was furthest from the centre of the Forum , and a temple of Jupiter as standing at the opposite end . He goes on to describe the Treasury ...
... describes the portico of the Temple of Augustus as joining that side of the basilica which was furthest from the centre of the Forum , and a temple of Jupiter as standing at the opposite end . He goes on to describe the Treasury ...
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... describe the works of Sir Chris- topher Wren . One upon which his fame is as justly founded as upon St. Paul's itself , is St. Stephen's Church in Wallbrook , in which , on a plot of ground 80 ft . by 59 ft . , he has contrived a ...
... describe the works of Sir Chris- topher Wren . One upon which his fame is as justly founded as upon St. Paul's itself , is St. Stephen's Church in Wallbrook , in which , on a plot of ground 80 ft . by 59 ft . , he has contrived a ...
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... describe their appearance . 623. Many architects have been engaged upon the marble cathedral at Como ; from 1396 , when L. de ' Spazi was employed , down to the last century . The cupola or dome was completed about 1732 , by Juvara ...
... describe their appearance . 623. Many architects have been engaged upon the marble cathedral at Como ; from 1396 , when L. de ' Spazi was employed , down to the last century . The cupola or dome was completed about 1732 , by Juvara ...
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... describe as impure and heterogeneous , and impressed with the stamp of classical , romanesque , byzantine , and saracenic influences . To this praise of the churches may be added that of two or three palazzi at Naples ; the campanili at ...
... describe as impure and heterogeneous , and impressed with the stamp of classical , romanesque , byzantine , and saracenic influences . To this praise of the churches may be added that of two or three palazzi at Naples ; the campanili at ...
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