An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... notice that some fine bridges exist , which cross the river Zenderond . 1 SECT . V. JEWISH AND PHOENICIAN ARCHITECTURE . I 52. We are scarcely justified in giving a section , though short , to the architecture of the Jews , since the ...
... notice that some fine bridges exist , which cross the river Zenderond . 1 SECT . V. JEWISH AND PHOENICIAN ARCHITECTURE . I 52. We are scarcely justified in giving a section , though short , to the architecture of the Jews , since the ...
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... notice , " observes the historian we have just quoted , " that although several of the figures in the caverns at Elephanta be so different from those now exhibited in the pagodas as objects of veneration , that some learned Europeans ...
... notice , " observes the historian we have just quoted , " that although several of the figures in the caverns at Elephanta be so different from those now exhibited in the pagodas as objects of veneration , that some learned Europeans ...
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... notice the recent discovery of an arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol ...
... notice the recent discovery of an arch in a tomb at Sakkarah , said to be of the time of Psammeticus II . , and of one also at Thebes in the remains of a crude brick pyramid . ( See Wilkinson's Customs of the Ancient Egyptians , vol ...
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... notice without its attendant base and capital . If it were possible to establish a system relative to their inven- tion and subsequent perfection , we might easily arrange them in distinct classes , principally as respects their ...
... notice without its attendant base and capital . If it were possible to establish a system relative to their inven- tion and subsequent perfection , we might easily arrange them in distinct classes , principally as respects their ...
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... notice are their statues of colossal dimensions , which are mostly , if not always , in a sitting attitude . The two here given ( fig . 64. ) are from the Memnonium . They are generally isolated , and placed on simple pedestals. BOYPTIAN ...
... notice are their statues of colossal dimensions , which are mostly , if not always , in a sitting attitude . The two here given ( fig . 64. ) are from the Memnonium . They are generally isolated , and placed on simple pedestals. BOYPTIAN ...
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