An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... principal modern churches in Europe by means of transverse sections to one scale . In 1825 he edited an edition , in two volumes , of Sir William Chambers's admirable Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture , adding an ...
... principal modern churches in Europe by means of transverse sections to one scale . In 1825 he edited an edition , in two volumes , of Sir William Chambers's admirable Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture , adding an ...
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... principal doorway , it has a triangular opening over its lintel . The stones which fitted into these triangular openings were of enormous dimensions , for the height of that over the principal entrance is 12 ft . , and its breadth 7 ft ...
... principal doorway , it has a triangular opening over its lintel . The stones which fitted into these triangular openings were of enormous dimensions , for the height of that over the principal entrance is 12 ft . , and its breadth 7 ft ...
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... principal divisions of the city a stupen- dous public monument was 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 ...
... principal divisions of the city a stupen- dous public monument was 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 ...
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... principal staircase . On mounting the steps there is found a large platform 400 paces in extent towards the mountain . Along the wall on three Fig . 23 . 2C B 18 R = quad brand br I 1425 f Souft PLAN OF PERSEPOLIS . .... 123 f 802 ft 12 ...
... principal staircase . On mounting the steps there is found a large platform 400 paces in extent towards the mountain . Along the wall on three Fig . 23 . 2C B 18 R = quad brand br I 1425 f Souft PLAN OF PERSEPOLIS . .... 123 f 802 ft 12 ...
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... principal forms of the building and its parts preponderate , inasmuch as the hieroglyphics with which they are covered never interfere with the general forms , nor in- jure the effect of the whole ; in India , the principal form is lost ...
... principal forms of the building and its parts preponderate , inasmuch as the hieroglyphics with which they are covered never interfere with the general forms , nor in- jure the effect of the whole ; in India , the principal form is lost ...
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