An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 111
at the en-trances to it were occasionally closed, from the remains of iron gates having been foundat some of them. A smaller passage occurs to the right of the arch just mentioned, anda fountain attached to the wall between them. A is supposed to have been a temple ofVenus; B, a public granary; C,… … rifi. IM. JM. Tmimplud Arches The Romans were the first ])eople who erected triinnplial [irches ; their earliest examples being extremely simple and j)lain. A plain arch with a statue[>f the victorand his tro])hies on the summit, was for a long period the only method practised.The arch by…
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