An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... Piers and Vaults 354 8. Glazing . 670 9. Walls and Piers . 390 • 9. Plastering . 674 10. Beams and Pillars 413 • Gasfitting . CHAPTER II . MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING . SECT . 1. Stone . 455 2. Granite 486 3. Marble 490 4. Timber .496 5 ...
... Piers and Vaults 354 8. Glazing . 670 9. Walls and Piers . 390 • 9. Plastering . 674 10. Beams and Pillars 413 • Gasfitting . CHAPTER II . MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING . SECT . 1. Stone . 455 2. Granite 486 3. Marble 490 4. Timber .496 5 ...
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... piers , and nearly the whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The heads of these animals are entirely destroyed ; and their breasts and fore feet project from the piers : the two of the first portal ...
... piers , and nearly the whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The heads of these animals are entirely destroyed ; and their breasts and fore feet project from the piers : the two of the first portal ...
Page 94
... piers which support the arches are 7 ft . 4. in . wide ; on each is a half column projecting from the general face of the wall . The opening between the piers is 17 ft . 3 in . Impost mouldings are placed at the springing of the arches ...
... piers which support the arches are 7 ft . 4. in . wide ; on each is a half column projecting from the general face of the wall . The opening between the piers is 17 ft . 3 in . Impost mouldings are placed at the springing of the arches ...
Page 108
... ( piers ) , " whose strength is assisted on the northern and southern sides by four columns of Egyptian granite . A Greek cross inscribed in a quadrangle represents the form of the edifice ; the exact breadth from b . to b . is 231 ft ...
... ( piers ) , " whose strength is assisted on the northern and southern sides by four columns of Egyptian granite . A Greek cross inscribed in a quadrangle represents the form of the edifice ; the exact breadth from b . to b . is 231 ft ...
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... piers hemicylindrical recesses are formed , each covered by a semidome , whose vertex is 48 ft . from the pavement , and each of them contains two windows subdivided into three spaces by two columns of the Corin- thian order ...
... piers hemicylindrical recesses are formed , each covered by a semidome , whose vertex is 48 ft . from the pavement , and each of them contains two windows subdivided into three spaces by two columns of the Corin- thian order ...
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