An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... TEMPLE OF BELUS . See fig . 18. , in which the dotted lines show the present remains , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was surrounded ...
... TEMPLE OF BELUS . See fig . 18. , in which the dotted lines show the present remains , according to Sir R. K. Porter's account in his Travels . The palace , serving also as a temple , stood on an area 1 mile square , and was surrounded ...
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... temple for the reception of the ark , he was not only obliged to send to Tyre for workmen , but for an architect also . Upon this temple a dissertation has been written by a Spaniard of the name of Villalpanda , wherein he , with ...
... temple for the reception of the ark , he was not only obliged to send to Tyre for workmen , but for an architect also . Upon this temple a dissertation has been written by a Spaniard of the name of Villalpanda , wherein he , with ...
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... temple of Egypt as to one at Jerusalem . And this tends , Fig . 5. though slightly it is true , to show that the Phoenician workmen who were employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the forest ...
... temple of Egypt as to one at Jerusalem . And this tends , Fig . 5. though slightly it is true , to show that the Phoenician workmen who were employed on the temple worked in the same style as those of Egypt . 53. The house of the forest ...
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... temples which compose these excavations are as follow : Height of the pillars Temple of Parocona . Width 254221 000 00 Temple of Diagannatha . ft . in . External width of the excavation ยท 57 0 Length ( interior ) 34 0 Width ( ditto ) 20 ...
... temples which compose these excavations are as follow : Height of the pillars Temple of Parocona . Width 254221 000 00 Temple of Diagannatha . ft . in . External width of the excavation ยท 57 0 Length ( interior ) 34 0 Width ( ditto ) 20 ...
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... temple is that of Elephanta ( fig . 38. ) , near Bombay , Fig . 38 . TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA . of whose interior composition the reader may obtain a faint idea from the subjoined re- presentation ( fig . 39. ) . It is 130 ft . long , 110 ft ...
... temple is that of Elephanta ( fig . 38. ) , near Bombay , Fig . 38 . TEMPLE OF ELEPHANTA . of whose interior composition the reader may obtain a faint idea from the subjoined re- presentation ( fig . 39. ) . It is 130 ft . long , 110 ft ...
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