An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
... solid pile of brick 37 ft . high by 28 in breadth , diminishing in thickness to the top , which is broken and irregular , and rent by a large fissure extending through a third of its height . It is perforated by small square holes ...
Page 113
... solid construction with which the ancients were so conversant , were fully understood . " 66 283. The æra of Charlemagne , which opened after the middle of the eighth century and continued into the early part of the ninth , gave rise to ...
... solid construction with which the ancients were so conversant , were fully understood . " 66 283. The æra of Charlemagne , which opened after the middle of the eighth century and continued into the early part of the ninth , gave rise to ...
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... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopæ are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
... solid wall pierced in the windows . The piers of the lower arcade are orna- mented with Doric columns , whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze , and its metopæ are sculptured with various symbols . The imposts of the ...
Page 164
... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons , and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur- That they might become less and less ...
... solid and magnificent structures for their own accommodation , but they taught the arts to the Britons , and thus civilised them . Agricola , of all the Roman governors , took means for that pur- That they might become less and less ...
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... solid , being formed by one of the vertical divisions of the western façade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a certain height octangu- larly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open spiral staircases , which are ...
... solid , being formed by one of the vertical divisions of the western façade . Above the solid part , the tower rises to a certain height octangu- larly , open on all sides , and flanked by four sets of open spiral staircases , which are ...
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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