An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 198
... becomes our duty here to notice a peculiar constructio which prevailed in the large manor houses of the provinces , and more especially in tl counties of Salop , Chester , and Stafford , the memory of many whereof , though several a ...
... becomes our duty here to notice a peculiar constructio which prevailed in the large manor houses of the provinces , and more especially in tl counties of Salop , Chester , and Stafford , the memory of many whereof , though several a ...
Page 223
... becomes a separate apartment . It is difficult to say whe- ther we are better pleased with the grandeur and elegance without , or with the simplicity and contrivance within . Dimensions : Great hall , 51 ft . by 36 ; ball room , 75 by ...
... becomes a separate apartment . It is difficult to say whe- ther we are better pleased with the grandeur and elegance without , or with the simplicity and contrivance within . Dimensions : Great hall , 51 ft . by 36 ; ball room , 75 by ...
Page 255
... becomes a most useful warning to the student , who may gather another from the re- markable practice , 1530 , of Diego de Rianno , architect to the cathedral at Seville , who in that year designed and executed the Gothic sacristia de ...
... becomes a most useful warning to the student , who may gather another from the re- markable practice , 1530 , of Diego de Rianno , architect to the cathedral at Seville , who in that year designed and executed the Gothic sacristia de ...
Page 262
... becomes unnecessary to describe their appearance . 623. Many architects have been engaged upon the marble cathedral at Como ; from 1396 , when L. de ' Spazi was employed , down to the last century . The cupola or dome was completed ...
... becomes unnecessary to describe their appearance . 623. Many architects have been engaged upon the marble cathedral at Como ; from 1396 , when L. de ' Spazi was employed , down to the last century . The cupola or dome was completed ...
Page 264
... becomes greater ; if they be brought nearer , the angle becomes less . 3. If the point of a pair of compasses be 264 BOOK I THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE . THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER I MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS CONSTRUCTION Geometry PAGE.
... becomes greater ; if they be brought nearer , the angle becomes less . 3. If the point of a pair of compasses be 264 BOOK I THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE . THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER I MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS CONSTRUCTION Geometry PAGE.
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