A Rudimentary Manual of Architecture: Being a History and Explanation of the Principal Styles of European Architecture, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Renaissance, with Their Chief Variations Described and Illustrated; to which is Appended a Glossary of Technical TermsLongmans, Green, 1870 - 304 páginas |
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... horizontal beam laid along the top , in other words , the elements of the timber structures of the early Hellenic races ; each style named show- ing thus plainly the rudimentary forms from which they were respectively developed . Two ...
... horizontal beam laid along the top , in other words , the elements of the timber structures of the early Hellenic races ; each style named show- ing thus plainly the rudimentary forms from which they were respectively developed . Two ...
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... horizontal beams or smaller trunks which were laid along the tops of the vertical trunks to form the framework of the building and to support the roof - timbers . As the branches of the trees used as columns were lopped off at top , the ...
... horizontal beams or smaller trunks which were laid along the tops of the vertical trunks to form the framework of the building and to support the roof - timbers . As the branches of the trees used as columns were lopped off at top , the ...
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... peristyle , and when double or treble in depth polystyle . In the Parthenon and some other of the Greek temples the horizontal lines , produced by the en- 10 tablature , steps , & c . , are 18 Manual of Architecture .
... peristyle , and when double or treble in depth polystyle . In the Parthenon and some other of the Greek temples the horizontal lines , produced by the en- 10 tablature , steps , & c . , are 18 Manual of Architecture .
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... horizontal lines possessing a curvature corresponding to the arc formed by the conjunction of the upright lines with the sup- posed given point . There is a passage in Cicero ( Cicero in Verrem , Act II . lib . i . 51 ) , which shows ...
... horizontal lines possessing a curvature corresponding to the arc formed by the conjunction of the upright lines with the sup- posed given point . There is a passage in Cicero ( Cicero in Verrem , Act II . lib . i . 51 ) , which shows ...
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... horizontally on the tops of the columns , and was very massive , being intended to support the roof , and in the case of the wooden structure to hold together the entire building . Upon this architrave , or chief beam , rested the ends ...
... horizontally on the tops of the columns , and was very massive , being intended to support the roof , and in the case of the wooden structure to hold together the entire building . Upon this architrave , or chief beam , rested the ends ...
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