An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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Page 12
... whole length of the citadel is about 660 ft . , and the breadth about 180 ft . , the walls being straight without regard to inequality of level in the rock . 5 : 5 5 : 5 Fig . 12. GALLERY . 34. The Acropolis of Mycene was probably ...
... whole length of the citadel is about 660 ft . , and the breadth about 180 ft . , the walls being straight without regard to inequality of level in the rock . 5 : 5 5 : 5 Fig . 12. GALLERY . 34. The Acropolis of Mycene was probably ...
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... whole bricks with inscriptions on them . Interspersed are innumerable fragments of pottery , brick , bitumen , pebbles , vitrified brick or scoria , and even shells , bits of glass , and mother Fig . 20 . NORTHERN FACE OF THE MUJELIBR ...
... whole bricks with inscriptions on them . Interspersed are innumerable fragments of pottery , brick , bitumen , pebbles , vitrified brick or scoria , and even shells , bits of glass , and mother Fig . 20 . NORTHERN FACE OF THE MUJELIBR ...
Page 20
... whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The heads of these animals are entirely destroyed ; and their breasts and fore feet project from the piers : the two of the first portal face to the staircase ...
... whole length of them , are large figures of bulls , cut in bas - relief . The heads of these animals are entirely destroyed ; and their breasts and fore feet project from the piers : the two of the first portal face to the staircase ...
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... whole , taken in at a single glance , could be measured from any one of its parts , those of Egypt were an assemblage of porticoes , courts , vestibules , galleries , apartments , communicating with each other , and surrounded with ...
... whole , taken in at a single glance , could be measured from any one of its parts , those of Egypt were an assemblage of porticoes , courts , vestibules , galleries , apartments , communicating with each other , and surrounded with ...
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... whole length . On the side towards the street the shops are placed , beyond which a quadrangular open vestibule leads to the private apartments , which are distributed on the right and left of the passage . There is a salon , usually ...
... whole length . On the side towards the street the shops are placed , beyond which a quadrangular open vestibule leads to the private apartments , which are distributed on the right and left of the passage . There is a salon , usually ...
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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