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 919
ules, and its height 20^ modules. The heightof the small columns is 1 1 •TS.J modules high, includingtheir entablature. 2664. The use of arcades above arcades seems from itsnature almost confined to public buildings, as among theancients to their theatres and amj)hitheatres. In the in- Fir. 922.… … Sect. XIII. BASEMENTS AtiT) ATTICS. 2665. When the order used for decorating the facade of a building is i)lnced in the middlewr second story, it is seated on a story called the basement. The proportion of iis height tothe rest must in a great measure depend on the use to which its apartments are…
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