An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
... vault has been either lined with metal or ornamented with some sort of decorations , inasmuch as a number of bronze nails are found fixed in the stones up to the summit . The lintel of the door consists of two pieces of stone , the ...
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... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
... vaults on lofty piers . In the specimen cited at Cordova , the span , from pier to pier is less than 20 ft . , which would not have required much skill to vault , yet we find the ceilings of timber . The use of orders was unknown to ...
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... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . The Temple of Minerva Medica is in a very ruined state ; little more than half of it is standing . It was , when perfect , of a cylindrical shape , 110 ft . in diameter ; but Fig ...
... vault , whose sofite is 32 ft . high from the pavement . The Temple of Minerva Medica is in a very ruined state ; little more than half of it is standing . It was , when perfect , of a cylindrical shape , 110 ft . in diameter ; but Fig ...
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... vault with three groins , formed by the intersection of semicylindrical vaults at right angles to the cen- pavement was about 116 ft . , and We shall not however pursue the Fig . 121. PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF PEACE , OR BASILICA OF ...
... vault with three groins , formed by the intersection of semicylindrical vaults at right angles to the cen- pavement was about 116 ft . , and We shall not however pursue the Fig . 121. PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF PEACE , OR BASILICA OF ...
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... vault or tunnel of 16 ft . in diameter , continued for thirty - eight miles along a series of arcades 70 ft . in height . It was formed with three distinct channels , one above the other , conveying the water from three different ...
... vault or tunnel of 16 ft . in diameter , continued for thirty - eight miles along a series of arcades 70 ft . in height . It was formed with three distinct channels , one above the other , conveying the water from three different ...
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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