Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical, Decorative, Theoretical and Mechanical, Alphabetically Arranged, Familiarly Explained, and Adapted to the Comprehension of Workmen, Etc., Etc. By Robert Stuart [pseud.] ... Two Volumes in One. ...A. S. Barnes & Company, 1854 - Architecture |
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Acropolis adjoining altar ancient angle antiquity appears Aqua Marcia aqueduct arch archi architect architecture architrave Athens beams beautiful bottom breadth bressummer bricks bridge building built called capital castle ceiling cella centre church circular columns constructed corinthian order cornice court covered curve decoration described diameter dome door Doric Doric order draw edifice entablature entrance equal erected feet high figure floor foot four framed front gallery gate Greek groin ground height inches inches wide intercolumniation Ionic iron joists laid length marble masonry ment mould ornaments ovolo party-wall Pausanias peristyle perpendicular pieces piers pilasters pillars placed plate portico Prepare and fix principal proportion Provide and fix purlins rafters remains ribs Roman Rome roof Scantling sculpture side soffit square stone style supported surface temple thick timber tion toises tower triglyphs upper vault Vitruvius wall whole wood wrought