An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... say that he has bestowed upon it all the care and energy in his power ; and he alone is responsible for its errors or ... says with sincerity , " Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti ; si non his utere mecuin . " September 30 ...
... say that he has bestowed upon it all the care and energy in his power ; and he alone is responsible for its errors or ... says with sincerity , " Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti ; si non his utere mecuin . " September 30 ...
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... says , " O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , that holdest the height of the hill ; " a text which of late has received ample illustration from tra- vellers , and especially from the labours of Messrs . Leon de Laborde and ...
... says , " O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , that holdest the height of the hill ; " a text which of late has received ample illustration from tra- vellers , and especially from the labours of Messrs . Leon de Laborde and ...
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... says Borlase , " is in the tenement of Men , in the parish of Constantine , in Cornwall ; it is one great oval pebble , placed on the points of two natural rocks , so that a man may creep under the great one , between the supporters ...
... says Borlase , " is in the tenement of Men , in the parish of Constantine , in Cornwall ; it is one great oval pebble , placed on the points of two natural rocks , so that a man may creep under the great one , between the supporters ...
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... says Jacob Bryant , " were , I make no doubt , seven Cyclopean towers built by the people . " Further on , he adds , These towers were erected likewise for Purait , or Puratheia , where the rites of fire were performed : but Purait , or ...
... says Jacob Bryant , " were , I make no doubt , seven Cyclopean towers built by the people . " Further on , he adds , These towers were erected likewise for Purait , or Puratheia , where the rites of fire were performed : but Purait , or ...
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... says Keith , in his Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion , " there was a city that seemed to bid defiance to any predictions of its fall , that city was Babylon . It was for a long time the most famous city in the Old World ...
... says Keith , in his Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion , " there was a city that seemed to bid defiance to any predictions of its fall , that city was Babylon . It was for a long time the most famous city in the Old World ...
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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