An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... erected by the Pho- nicians , still retain the appellation Bothel . At first , these stones were of no larger dimen- sion than a man could remove , as in the instance just cited , and that of the Gilgal of Joshua ( Josh . iv . 20 ...
... erected by the Pho- nicians , still retain the appellation Bothel . At first , these stones were of no larger dimen- sion than a man could remove , as in the instance just cited , and that of the Gilgal of Joshua ( Josh . iv . 20 ...
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... erected . In one ( Major Rennel thinks that on the eastern side ) stood the temple of Belus ; in the other , within a large strongly fortified enclosure , the royal palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in ...
... erected . In one ( Major Rennel thinks that on the eastern side ) stood the temple of Belus ; in the other , within a large strongly fortified enclosure , the royal palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in ...
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... erected by Shah Abbas , in the sixteenth century , and constructed of stone , covered with highly varnished bricks and tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Mahometan college called ...
... erected by Shah Abbas , in the sixteenth century , and constructed of stone , covered with highly varnished bricks and tiles , whereon are inscribed sentences of the Koran . On another side of the Meidan is a Mahometan college called ...
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... erected temples , the first of which was dedicated to Apollo Panionius . It resembled that which they had seen in ... erect this temple with columns , and were not acquainted with their proportions , nor the mode in which they should be ...
... erected temples , the first of which was dedicated to Apollo Panionius . It resembled that which they had seen in ... erect this temple with columns , and were not acquainted with their proportions , nor the mode in which they should be ...
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... erected at periods which it is not easy to fix ; and with respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on ...
... erected at periods which it is not easy to fix ; and with respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on ...
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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